Bradley's Very Own Injury Thread

[jersey cubs fan]

Under his current contract he gets 10 million a year. We're about a third of the way through the season, so lets just say he has earned 3 million so far.

 

5 HR, 14 RBI. That money is really paying off. $600,000 for each HR and $215,000 for each RBI.

 

It's actually $5M, $9M and $12M in each season. And then a $4 million signing bonus.

 

So we're paying him $5 million this season.

 

If they gave him a $4m signing bonus and he makes $5m this year, he's getting paid $9m this year. There is no lsalary cap to worry about prorating bonuses over, so it's all about money spent each year compared to the budget.

[Tracer Bullet]

Under his current contract he gets 10 million a year. We're about a third of the way through the season, so lets just say he has earned 3 million so far.

 

5 HR, 14 RBI. That money is really paying off. $600,000 for each HR and $215,000 for each RBI.

 

It's actually $5M, $9M and $12M in each season. And then a $4 million signing bonus.

 

So we're paying him $5 million this season.

 

The $4m may be allocated over the life of the contract, but it was paid the day he signed. He's effectively getting $9m, $9m, and $12m. It's $18m guaranteed for 2 years and $30m all but guaranteed for 3 unless one of the less-stable NSBB'ers knocks him off after he's played 70 games this year. Doesn't matter how you slice it, it's been a horrible contract so far. He could easily put up a .900+ OPS for the next 2.5 years for us. But he could just as easily suck terribly.

[jersey cubs fan]

Under his current contract he gets 10 million a year. We're about a third of the way through the season, so lets just say he has earned 3 million so far.

 

5 HR, 14 RBI. That money is really paying off. $600,000 for each HR and $215,000 for each RBI.

 

It's actually $5M, $9M and $12M in each season. And then a $4 million signing bonus.

 

So we're paying him $5 million this season.

 

The $4m may be allocated over the life of the contract, but it was paid the day he signed. He's effectively getting $9m, $9m, and $12m. It's $18m guaranteed for 2 years and $30m all but guaranteed for 3 unless one of the less-stable NSBB'ers knocks him off after he's played 70 games this year. Doesn't matter how you slice it, it's been a horrible contract so far. He could easily put up a .900+ OPS for the next 2.5 years for us. But he could just as easily suck terribly.

 

Unfortunaly, like with Soriano, it was a contract they almost had to give because Hendry did such a crap job of putting together the roster in advance of that signing. The Cubs OF was a mess when they felt they had to get Soriano. With Bradley, it wasn't as dramatic, obviously, but there was major unknowns. They needed some sort of significant bat to offset the declining Lee and questionable Fukudome.

[dew1679666265]

Under his current contract he gets 10 million a year. We're about a third of the way through the season, so lets just say he has earned 3 million so far.

 

5 HR, 14 RBI. That money is really paying off. $600,000 for each HR and $215,000 for each RBI.

 

It's actually $5M, $9M and $12M in each season. And then a $4 million signing bonus.

 

So we're paying him $5 million this season.

 

If they gave him a $4m signing bonus and he makes $5m this year, he's getting paid $9m this year. There is no lsalary cap to worry about prorating bonuses over, so it's all about money spent each year compared to the budget.

 

I wasn't sure how they counted the $4 million against this year's payroll. I know they prorate signing bonuses all the time in the NFL, but I thought I remembered some in the MLB as well.

 

Of course, I guess Cot's would have mentioned that if it was the case.

[soapy]

All those people desperate to get Reed Johnson in there against righties everyday will have their dream come true.

 

hopefully it will be more along the lines of a Hoffpauir/Johnson platoon (with Fukudome playing pretty much everyday), but I won't hold my breathe.

[dew1679666265]

All those people desperate to get Reed Johnson in there against righties everyday will have their dream come true.

 

hopefully it will be more along the lines of a Hoffpauir/Johnson platoon (with Fukudome playing pretty much everyday), but I won't hold my breathe.

 

This probably won't happen either, but I may be tempted to like a Hoff/Fox platoon in right for the duration of Bradley's injury. The defense would be awful, but Fox would be less of a focus in RF than at 3B.

[Soul]

I thought there might be some injury concerns this year, but I never expected it to be like this. This is beyond anything that can be believed, really.

 

If I was Soriano, I'd be very careful crossing the street right now. Someone's put some bad mojo on this club, or something. Sheesh.

[JonnyRed]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

[A-Cal]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

 

yep...

[jersey cubs fan]

I wasn't sure how they counted the $4 million against this year's payroll. I know they prorate signing bonuses all the time in the NFL, but I thought I remembered some in the MLB as well.

 

Of course, I guess Cot's would have mentioned that if it was the case.

 

In the NFL, the cap is what matters. In MLB, it's individual budgets. The Cubs one big advantage of the competition is a higher budget. For accounting purposes they do things like signing bonuses, which I believe do affect how payrolls are treated in the revenue sharing pool. But as far as how much the Cubs have to spend as dictated by the owner, a bonus is still money spent this year against the budget.

[dew1679666265]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

 

Ibanez is pretty much the same positive surprise that Bradley is a negative surprise. Abreu isn't quite setting the world on fire offensively (.382 SLG and a .774 OPS) and he's been mediocre in the field (-0.2 UZR).

 

Dunn has been awesome at the plate (.971 OPS), but terrible in the field (-11.6 UZR).

[Hawk4Hall]

I thought there might be some injury concerns this year, but I never expected it to be like this. This is beyond anything that can be believed, really.

If I was Soriano, I'd be very careful crossing the street right now. Someone's put some bad mojo on this club, or something. Sheesh.

Agree 100%. We all knew he had past injury issues, but this is crazy so early. It doesn't help that he was been hitting so poorly either. I NEVER thought that would happen. Especially after the spring he had.

[nick23]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

Wow, Dunn is the only one I would've preferred over Bradley. I don't think anyone could've predicted anything close to this out of Ibanez this season. And as bad as Bradley's been he's not too far behind Abreu number wise so far.

[YearofDaCubs]

I thought there might be some injury concerns this year, but I never expected it to be like this. This is beyond anything that can be believed, really.

If I was Soriano, I'd be very careful crossing the street right now. Someone's put some bad mojo on this club, or something. Sheesh.

Agree 100%. We all knew he had past injury issues, but this is crazy so early. It doesn't help that he was been hitting so poorly either. I NEVER thought that would happen. Especially after the spring he had.

I'm with you guys. Bradley was one of the targets I really wanted during the offseason. I knew he was injury prone but come on this is ridiculous. The guy can't even run without getting hurt? Unbelievable.

[Laura]

Is this the second time he's been injured running to first base? I've already lost track.

[OleMissCub]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

Wow, Dunn is the only one I would've preferred over Bradley. I don't think anyone could've predicted anything close to this out of Ibanez this season. And as bad as Bradley's been he's not too far behind Abreu number wise so far.

 

But Ibanez is always consistent. Bradley was a headcase with a slightly above average bat (save for last season) who only played more than 110 games TWICE in nine seasons. Sign me up.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

Wow, Dunn is the only one I would've preferred over Bradley. I don't think anyone could've predicted anything close to this out of Ibanez this season. And as bad as Bradley's been he's not too far behind Abreu number wise so far.

 

But Ibanez is always consistent. Bradley was a headcase with a slightly above average bat (save for last season) who only played more than 110 games TWICE in nine seasons. Sign me up.

 

Ill admit, Id never been high on Bradley in th past, but a lot of posters on this board hyped him way up, and I jumped on the band wagon even though in the past Id have easily taken Dunn or Abreu over him, and maybe even Ibanez.

[kjfoster 1553]

Instead of signing Bradley to a nasty contract, we could have just put DeRo out in right all season and been just fine. It certainly wouldn't get us "more left-handed", but a ton of cash would have been saved to spend on someone other than Gregg to close.

[nick23]

I'm sorry to see all of our concerns now coming to life with Bradley. I preferred Ibanez, Abreu or Dunn at the time and certainly still do today.

Wow, Dunn is the only one I would've preferred over Bradley. I don't think anyone could've predicted anything close to this out of Ibanez this season. And as bad as Bradley's been he's not too far behind Abreu number wise so far.

 

But Ibanez is always consistent. Bradley was a headcase with a slightly above average bat (save for last season) who only played more than 110 games TWICE in nine seasons. Sign me up.

Ibanez is consistently average. I was on board with the Bradley signing and hoping for a little luck. So far though, the signing couldn't have turned out worse.

[jersey cubs fan]

Is this the second time he's been injured running to first base? I've already lost track.

 

I vaguely remember him doing it before but possibly not actually missing any time on that occasion.

[wade]

Is this the second time he's been injured running to first base? I've already lost track.

 

I vaguely remember him doing it before but possibly not actually missing any time on that occasion.

 

Yeah, I think the time you're thinking of he turned his ankle when he hit the bag. I think he stayed in the game...

[nolanwood]

Looks like we can add a few more to this list... :banghead:

 

 

Sep 19, 2008: Missed 2 games (left wrist injury).

Sep 16, 2008: Left wrist injury, day-to-day.

Sep 12, 2008: Missed 2 games (wrist injury).

Sep 6, 2008: Wrist injury, day-to-day.

Aug 18, 2008: Missed 2 games (illness).

Aug 16, 2008: Illness, day-to-day.

Aug 10, 2008: Missed 5 games (strained left quadriceps).

Aug 5, 2008: Strained left quadriceps, day-to-day.

Aug 4, 2008: Missed 5 games (quadricep injury).

Jul 30, 2008: Quadricep injury, day-to-day.

Jul 12, 2008: Missed 1 game (left knee injury).

Jul 11, 2008: Left knee injury, day-to-day.

Jun 24, 2008: Missed 1 game (strained left quadriceps).

Jun 22, 2008: Strained left quadriceps, day-to-day.

Jun 20, 2008: Missed 2 games (quadricep injury).

Jun 18, 2008: Quadricep injury, day-to-day.

May 31, 2008: Missed 1 game (dizziness).

May 30, 2008: Dizziness, day-to-day.

May 16, 2008: Missed 2 games (right shoulder injury).

May 13, 2008: Right shoulder injury, day-to-day.

May 2, 2008: Missed 1 game (hamstring).

May 1, 2008: Hamstring, day-to-day.

Sep 24, 2007: Torn ACL, sidelined indefinitely.

Sep 21, 2007: Missed 12 games (right oblique muscle strain).

Sep 11, 2007: Right oblique muscle strain, day-to-day.

Aug 8, 2007: Missed 4 games (hamstring).

Aug 4, 2007: Hamstring, day-to-day.

Jul 7, 2007: Missed 8 games (oblique injury).

Jul 1, 2007: Oblique injury, 15-day DL (retroactive to June 21).

Jun 20, 2007: Missed 16 games (calf injury).

Jun 8, 2007: Calf injury, 15-day DL (retroactive to June 3rd).

Jun 3, 2007: Calf injury, day-to-day.

May 30, 2007: Missed 14 games (hamstring).

May 23, 2007: Hamstring, 15-day DL (retroactive to May 15th).

May 22, 2007: Hamstring, day-to-day.

May 19, 2007: Missed 4 games (hamstring).

May 17, 2007: Hamstring, day-to-day.

May 11, 2007: Missed 15 games (hamstring).

Apr 23, 2007: Hamstring, 15-day DL.

Apr 20, 2007: Missed 6 games (hamstring).

Apr 13, 2007: Hamstring, day-to-day.

Sep 1, 2006: Missed 1 game (ankle injury).

Aug 30, 2006: Ankle injury, day-to-day.

Jul 14, 2006: Missed 20 games (shoulder injury).

Jun 20, 2006: Shoulder injury, 15-day DL.

Jun 19, 2006: Shoulder injury, day-to-day.

Jun 6, 2006: Missed 36 games (right knee injury).

May 7, 2006: Right knee injury, 15-day DL (retroactive to April 27th).

Apr 27, 2006: Right knee injury, day-to-day.

Oct 2, 2005: Missed 38 games to the end of the regular season (Torn left Patella Tendon).

Sep 2, 2005: Transferred from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL (torn left Patella Tendon).

Aug 25, 2005: Torn left Patella Tendon, 15-day DL (retroactive to August 23rd).

Aug 23, 2005: Knee injury, day-to-day.

Jul 23, 2005: Missed 47 games (finger injury).

Jun 3, 2005: Finger injury, 15-day DL (retroactive to May 30).

May 31, 2005: Finger injury, day-to-day.

Sep 29, 2004: Suspended by the Los Angeles Dodgers for the remainder of the season.

Aug 13, 2004: Missed 1 game (hamstring).

Aug 12, 2004: Hamstring, day-to-day.

Jun 30, 2004: Missed 4 games (suspension).

Jun 3, 2004: Suspended by MLB for 4 games.

Jun 1, 2004: Missed 2 games (ankle injury).

May 31, 2004: Ankle injury, day-to-day.

May 4, 2004: Missed 3 games (ankle injury).

Apr 30, 2004: Ankle injury, day-to-day.

Aug 29, 2003: Missed 46 games to the end of the regular season (back injury).

Aug 15, 2003: Back injury, 15-day DL.

Aug 10, 2003: Back injury, day-to-day.

May 8, 2003: Missed 12 games (strained right hamstring).

Apr 26, 2003: Strained right hamstring, 15-day DL (retroactive to April 23).

Apr 23, 2003: Strained right hamstring, day-to-day.

Apr 19, 2003: Missed 1 game (hamstring).

Apr 18, 2003: Hamstring, day-to-day.

Aug 30, 2002: Missed 16 games (appendicitis).

Aug 14, 2002: Appendicitis, 15-day DL (retroactive to August 12th).

Jun 4, 2002: Missed 29 games (eye Contusion).

May 2, 2002: Eye Contusion, 15-day DL.

Apr 17, 2002: Missed 4 games (right quadricep).

Apr 11, 2002: Right quadricep, day-to-day.

Mar 1, 2002: Agreed to terms with the Cleveland Indians to a one-year contract.

[fivepercent]

This is the 3rd time this year(counting spring training) hes been hurt, right? I just dont understand how someone could be so fragile.

[Tracer Bullet]

Instead of signing Bradley to a nasty contract, we could have just put DeRo out in right all season and been just fine. It certainly wouldn't get us "more left-handed", but a ton of cash would have been saved to spend on someone other than Gregg to close.

 

DeRosa isn't an everyday RF'er.

[kjfoster 1553]

Instead of signing Bradley to a nasty contract, we could have just put DeRo out in right all season and been just fine. It certainly wouldn't get us "more left-handed", but a ton of cash would have been saved to spend on someone other than Gregg to close.

 

DeRosa isn't an everyday RF'er.

 

He would certainly be more 'everyday' than Bradley, who is injured every other day.