Milton Bradley Rumors

Odds And Ends: Halladay, Yankees, Rangers

Links for Tuesday morning... Today's chat will take place at 2pm CST. Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports looks ahead to the end of next season when Roy Halladay becomes a free agent if the Jays don't lock him up before then. As Diamond Leung notes, the Dodgers traded minor league pitcher Brian Mazone to the Phillies for future considerations. Mazone already spent three years in the Phillies organization. Joel Sherman of the New York Post speculates on an imagined deal: Luis Castillo for Milton Bradley. Peter Abraham of the Journal News reports that the Yankees signed two independent leaguers:...   Continue Reading

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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Bradley, Red Sox, Nady, Corcoran, Giants

Let's take a look at what some fans are writing about their favorite teams around the worldwide netweb... Bleed Cubbie Blue says Milton Bradley must go. Bradley is hitting just .237-.355-.379, but the riff with Lou Piniella and off-the-field issues are the real problem. Fire Brand of the American League wonders if shortstop might end up being a position of strength for the Red Sox. River Ave. Blues looks back on the Xavier Nady trade, and says that even though Nady and Damaso Marte are hurt, it was the right move because the Yankees were just one game back of...   Continue Reading

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Vesting Options For 2010

Magglio Ordonez's 2010 vesting option has created a small stir in the last week or so, but there's a group of players with less-publicized vesting options. Here are updates on a few of them, and please add anyone I missed in the comments below: Freddy Sanchez will earn $8MM in 2010 if he makes 635 plate appearances this year. The option will also kicks in if he makes the All Star team and bats 600 times. With 290 plate appearance already, it looks like Sanchez will make $8MM next year. Kevin Millwood has a $12MM option that kicks in after...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Arnett, El Duque, Crow

Links for Friday morning... Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Brewers are close to signing first rounder Eric Arnett. Ready for next year's draft? MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo is, with ten players to watch in 2010, including Cameron Bedrosian, the son of Steve Bedrosian, who won the 1987 NL Cy Young Award. Jamey Newberg walks his readers through the five step plan the Rangers used to set the team up to contend for years. Tyler Kepner of the New York Times looks at the big picture and determines that a lot has changed since 2004. More specifically,...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Red Sox, Peavy, Indians, Torre

More links for Monday... Chad Finn of the Boston Globe lists a number of players for the Red Sox to consider and asks fans which one would be best for the team. Victor Martinez and Adrian Gonzalez, neither one of whom is currently available, were the most popular choices. Don McKee of the Philadelphia Inquirer says Jake Peavy would be perfect for the Phils. Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports says Grady Sizemore's injury makes the Indians more likely to sell players like Carl Pavano and Mark DeRosa. Joe Torre isn't sure whether he'll manage after next year according to...   Continue Reading

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Odds & Ends: Minaya, Bradley, McClain

Links for Friday... Yahoo's Gordon Edes on what might've been: Alex Rodriguez in Boston. MetsBlog's Matthew Cerrone interviewed GM Omar Minaya. Milton Bradley is not a fan of the Chicago media. He explained why in an exclusive chat with MLB.com's Carrie Muskat. Rob Bradford of WEEI talks about the scarcity of middle-of-the-order bats on the free agent market, as it relates to the Red Sox. Scot Gregor of the Daily Herald wonders if Luis Vizcaino could return to the White Sox. Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker passes along a Sponichi report indicating that the Hiroshima Carp are in contract talks...   Continue Reading

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Odds & Ends: Robinson, Benitez, Lee

A few links for Thursday... According to Tracee Hamilton of the Washington Post, former Nationals manager Frank Robinson has been named Special Assistant to the Commisioner. He'll basically work as an advisor to Bud Selig. Milton Bradley had a 10-minute meeting with Cubs manager Lou Piniella on Thursday, presumably to discuss his on-field antics and clubhouse demeanor. He was thrown out of a game and suspended last week. He has also blown off the Chicago media a few times, and lazily ran out a grounder during Wednesday's game. Peter Gammons of ESPN said in a radio spot Thursday that he...   Continue Reading

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Milton Bradley Suspended Two Games

As Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports, Milton Bradley has been suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount for making contact with umpire Larry Vanover during Thursday's game against the Cardinals. Bradley was pinch-hitting, and making his Wrigley Field debut, when he disagreed with a called third strike and jumped into Vanover's face, knocking his cap slightly upward. His teammates seemed to approve of the outburst, but it no doubt bothered upper management. "I like it," Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee said recently, before learning of the suspension. "He said what he had to say and walked off. That's him....   Continue Reading

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Milton Bradley Comments

Milton Bradley's comments to Gil Lebreton of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram are causing a mini-stir. He spoke about how the Rangers wouldn't commit to him: "My agent was saying that Jon Daniels was telling him, 'There are days when he doesn’t want to play because of his health.' Well, you can get a healthy guy to go out there and play 162 games, but he won’t do what I did in 120." As Lebreton said, the comment was "crudely self-serving" but "mostly right" given his production last year. Worse, though, Bradley seemed to admit to prioritizing his stats: "If I'm...   Continue Reading

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Heyman On Bradley, A-Rod, Manny

New info from SI.com's Jon Heyman... Milton Bradley's two-year, $20MM deal becomes a three-year, $30MM deal only if he plays at least 75 games in 2009. Bradley's games played totals over the past four years: 126 (mostly DHing), 61, 96, 75. The structure of the deal seems dangerous - does it give Bradley incentive to play hurt? Heyman talks about the A-Rod injury situation, running through the various replacement names we've discussed. Heyman believes the Giants would've gotten to the low-$40MM range over two years for Manny Ramirez, and they had not agreed to an opt-out.   Continue Reading

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