Milton Bradley has a nine-game hitting streak

[Cubbie Swagger]

Did anyone else notice? Alot of people continue to ridicule him, but he's actually been picking it up. Peep these numbers:

 

Before hitting streak: .208 BA, .327 OBP, .368 SLG

As of today: .241 BA, .344 OBP, .380 SLG

 

(decent progress for only 9 games)

 

Month of April: .118 BA, .333 OBP, .294 SLG

Month of May: .268 BA, .348 OBP, .439 SLG

Month of June: .297 BA, .350 OBP, .351 SLG

 

The guy needs to get his SLG% up quite a bit, but I'm glad to see him turning things around. I think he'll be just fine as long as he can stay healthy. He is too talented to continue to fail.

[BCVM22]

I think the cause for the ridicule is that as commendable as the hitting streak is, he's not hitting with runners on, RISP, for power or for anything else but a first or second AB single.

 

Today was a microcosm of this. He singled in his first AB and was then thrown out trying to go first to third. He then, in sequence, grounded out to second (3rd inning, 2 outs, 0 on), lined out to second (5th inning, 1 out, Theriot on first), walked (7th inning, 1 out, 0 on), flied out (9th inning, 2 outs, 0 on) and struck out swinging (12th inning, 0 outs, 0 on).

 

He's hitting, yes, and that's great, but he's not producing. Yet. I have confidence he'll pick up the slugging like you said.

[chuckywang]

I think the cause for the ridicule is that as commendable as the hitting streak is, he's not hitting with runners on, RISP, for power or for anything else but a first or second AB single.

 

Today was a microcosm of this. He singled in his first AB and was then thrown out trying to go first to third. He then, in sequence, grounded out to second (3rd inning, 2 outs, 0 on), lined out to second (5th inning, 1 out, Theriot on first), walked (7th inning, 1 out, 0 on), flied out (9th inning, 2 outs, 0 on) and struck out swinging (12th inning, 0 outs, 0 on).

 

He's hitting, yes, and that's great, but he's not producing. Yet. I have confidence he'll pick up the slugging like you said.

 

It's weird you would criticize him for not hitting with runners on, RISP and then use today's game as an example of this, which he had 2 PA's with a runner on (both on first base, no less) and 0 PA's where he had a RISP.

[BCVM22]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

[chuckywang]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

 

Considering he's hitting .241 overall, he's actually hitting better than average with runners on and RISP. The difference is way more pronounced looking at OPS. He's OPSing .724 for the season, .805 with runners on, and .931 with RISP. My main concern is that he's had only 32 AB's with RISP, which is symbolic of the offensive woes of this team.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milton had a streak in May where he was very productive. It would be nie to see him get back to that.....

 

Bradley            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs. starters      107   19   30    3    1    5   14   11   19  0.280  0.364  0.467  0.831  0.301  4.08   18.2  0.083  0.173
vs. relievers      51    2    8    2    0    0    2   11   14  0.157  0.306  0.196  0.503  0.216  4.03    3.1  0.150  0.083

vs Left            47    6   14    1    1    1    5    4    7  0.298  0.365  0.426  0.791  0.333  3.98    7.3  0.068  0.167
vs Right          111   15   24    4    0    4   11   18   26  0.216  0.336  0.360  0.696  0.247  4.10   13.4  0.120  0.135

Home               80   12   24    3    1    3   11   10   17  0.300  0.385  0.475  0.860  0.350  4.05   14.6  0.085  0.250
Road               78    9   14    2    0    2    5   12   16  0.179  0.304  0.282  0.586  0.200  4.08    6.7  0.125  0.068

Day                67    6   20    2    1    1    6    7   11  0.299  0.365  0.403  0.768  0.345  4.05    9.9  0.066  0.185
Nite               91   15   18    3    0    4   10   15   22  0.198  0.330  0.363  0.693  0.215  4.07   10.9  0.132  0.122

Leading off        36    6   10    1    0    2    2    3    5  0.278  0.350  0.472  0.822  0.276  3.95    6.0  0.072  0.000
Pinch hitting       7    0    1    0    0    0    0    2    3  0.143  0.333  0.143  0.476  0.250  4.00    0.3  0.190  0.000
bases loaded        6    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.500  4.33    1.0  0.000  0.200
bases empty        97   13   23    2    0    3    3   11   19  0.237  0.321  0.351  0.672  0.267  3.91   10.9  0.084  0.000
runners on         61    8   15    3    1    2   13   11   14  0.246  0.378  0.426  0.805  0.289  4.30    9.8  0.132  0.145
RISP               32    4    8    3    0    2   12    7    8  0.250  0.400  0.531  0.931  0.273  4.18    6.8  0.150  0.189

Game tied          41    6   10    1    1    2    4    6    6  0.244  0.367  0.463  0.831  0.242  4.37    7.0  0.123  0.111
CUBS leading       46    6    7    0    0    0    0   10   10  0.152  0.316  0.152  0.468  0.194  4.37    2.2  0.164  0.000
CUBS trailing      71    9   21    4    0    3   12    6   17  0.296  0.351  0.479  0.830  0.353  3.65   11.9  0.055  0.321
Close score       126   16   31    3    1    5   13   18   26  0.246  0.349  0.405  0.754  0.274  4.08   17.8  0.103  0.151

Early (1-3)        54    8   12    1    1    0    5    7   10  0.222  0.333  0.278  0.611  0.273  4.40    5.0  0.111  0.161
Middle (4-6)       57   10   17    2    0    5    9    6   10  0.298  0.375  0.596  0.971  0.286  3.92   12.8  0.077  0.138
Late (7th on)      47    3    9    2    0    0    2    9   13  0.191  0.321  0.234  0.555  0.265  3.86    3.5  0.130  0.125
Extra Innings       2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.000  3.50    0.5  0.000  0.000

April              34    5    4    0    0    2    2    9   10  0.118  0.333  0.294  0.627  0.091  4.40    3.3  0.216  0.000
May                82   14   22    3    1    3   12    9   15  0.268  0.348  0.439  0.787  0.297  3.80   12.5  0.080  0.257
June               42    2   12    2    0    0    2    4    8  0.286  0.348  0.333  0.681  0.353  4.26    4.9  0.062  0.095

Season totals     158   21   38    5    1    5   16   22   33  0.241  0.344  0.380  0.724  0.275  4.07   20.7  0.104  0.145

[cubsfan5150]

Make it ten.

[Cubbie Swagger]

Make it ten.

You just had to beat me to it :-))

[shnsajax]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

 

This never seems to be an issue when people talk about Dunn.

[Keener98]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

 

This never seems to be an issue when people talk about Dunn.

 

Huh? Dunn may only hit .246 sometimes but he slugs over .500. Most people wouldnt care about Bradleys .245 avg or whatever it is if he was slugging better than .398. and had more than 16 RBI. Your comparison really makes no sense.

[Flames24Rulz]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

 

This never seems to be an issue when people talk about Dunn.

 

Huh? Dunn may only hit .246 sometimes but he slugs over .500. Most people wouldnt care about Bradleys .245 avg or whatever it is if he was slugging better than .398. and had more than 16 RBI. Your comparison really makes no sense.

 

Give it time, he had two doubles today and he's been swinging the bat a lot better lately. It was unfair of everyone to expect this guy to duplicate the numbers he had last year at one of the best hitters parks in all of baseball. He's showing plenty of signs of snapping out of his funk, unlike our $16 million per season man.

[Keener98]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

 

This never seems to be an issue when people talk about Dunn.

 

Huh? Dunn may only hit .246 sometimes but he slugs over .500. Most people wouldnt care about Bradleys .245 avg or whatever it is if he was slugging better than .398. and had more than 16 RBI. Your comparison really makes no sense.

 

Give it time, he had two doubles today and he's been swinging the bat a lot better lately. It was unfair of everyone to expect this guy to duplicate the numbers he had last year at one of the best hitters parks in all of baseball. He's showing plenty of signs of snapping out of his funk, unlike our $16 million per season man.

 

Oh Im not saying anything negative about Bradley in my comment. I just dont understand shnsajax's comment.

[Flames24Rulz]

You're right - quoting today doesn't do much for my case regarding his hitting with runners on. Numbers-wise, however, he's hitting only .246 with runners on and .250 with RISP. That's the point I was trying to get across - he's hitting, but he's not producing.

 

This never seems to be an issue when people talk about Dunn.

 

Huh? Dunn may only hit .246 sometimes but he slugs over .500. Most people wouldnt care about Bradleys .245 avg or whatever it is if he was slugging better than .398. and had more than 16 RBI. Your comparison really makes no sense.

 

Give it time, he had two doubles today and he's been swinging the bat a lot better lately. It was unfair of everyone to expect this guy to duplicate the numbers he had last year at one of the best hitters parks in all of baseball. He's showing plenty of signs of snapping out of his funk, unlike our $16 million per season man.

 

Oh Im not saying anything negative about Bradley in my comment. I just dont understand shnsajax's comment.

 

He was just comparing BA as a whole and BA with RISP, to which Dunn's numbers are extremely similar to Bradley's. He didn't say anything about the power numbers.

[Keener98]

 

Oh Im not saying anything negative about Bradley in my comment. I just dont understand shnsajax's comment.

 

He was just comparing BA as a whole and BA with RISP, to which Dunn's numbers are extremely similar to Bradley's. He didn't say anything about the power numbers.

 

I guess I was looking at his quote and thinking he was talking about the "hes hitting but hes not producing". If what you said is right then ok ignore me.

[Hawk4Hall]

Bradley has been terrible overall this season. Bust City considering the other two guys Hendry could have signed.

 

If he doesn't improve over the second half of the season, the Cubs needs to let him go. His attitude, defense, and hitting have been pretty poor so far. He's not worth the money being paid to him and the Cubs are already wasting money on Soriano. They can't let him go but they can dump Bradley and his contract if he doesn't preform up to standard.

[abuck1220]

i don't think you understand how contracts work. or something.

[Hawk4Hall]

i don't think you understand how contracts work. or something.

2009: $5 million, 2010: $9 million, 2011: $12 million.

 

Is he worth keeping with all those jumps in pay? I suppose one could say Hendry is a fool for spreading the money like that, but that's another story.

Edited July 9, 2009 by Hawk4Hall

[BigSlick]

Bradley has been terrible overall this season. Bust City considering the other two guys Hendry could have signed.

 

If he doesn't improve over the second half of the season, the Cubs needs to let him go. His attitude, defense, and hitting have been pretty poor so far. He's not worth the money being paid to him and the Cubs are already wasting money on Soriano. They can't let him go but they can dump Bradley and his contract if he doesn't preform up to standard.

We could have signed Pat Burrell who is doing significantly worse, I guess...

 

Either way it probably wouldn't have changed our record much

[Little Slide Rooter]

i don't think you understand how contracts work. or something.

2009: $5 million, 2010: $9 million, 2011: $12 million.

 

Is he worth keeping with all those jumps in pay? I suppose one could say Hendry is a fool for spreading the money like that, but that's another story.

 

Thats whe whole point. We have no choice.

[soapy]

i don't think you understand how contracts work. or something.

2009: $5 million, 2010: $9 million, 2011: $12 million.

 

Is he worth keeping with all those jumps in pay? I suppose one could say Hendry is a fool for spreading the money like that, but that's another story.

 

i think abuck is wondering how you're going to just "dump" his salary.

[17 Seconds]

i don't think you understand how contracts work. or something.

2009: $5 million, 2010: $9 million, 2011: $12 million.

 

Is he worth keeping with all those jumps in pay? I suppose one could say Hendry is a fool for spreading the money like that, but that's another story.

 

this isn't the nfl. mlb contracts are guaranteed. if we cut him we'd still have to pay that.

[dew1679666265]

i don't think you understand how contracts work. or something.

2009: $5 million, 2010: $9 million, 2011: $12 million.

 

Is he worth keeping with all those jumps in pay? I suppose one could say Hendry is a fool for spreading the money like that, but that's another story.

 

If we cut Bradley, we still have to pay him. The only way to get out from under his salary would be to trade him and the acquiring team to pick up his entire contract.

[abuck1220]

i think he's suggesting the murder of milton bradley.

[apete6]

i think he's suggesting the murder of milton bradley.

 

If we're murdering someone, I would think that the $100 million owed to Soriano would be a better motive...

[jersey cubs fan]

i think he's suggesting the murder of milton bradley.

 

If we're murdering someone, I would think that the $100 million owed to Soriano would be a better motive...

 

Double murder suicide, involving Marmol's road beef?