Tigers intrested in MB (Silly Steve Stone Rumor)

[dew1679666265]

Yeah, there's no way I'd want the Cubs to do this deal unless they can get a solid bat back in return.

 

Don't trade Milton midseason just for the sake of trading him.

 

The purpose would be to free up money. And if we had to pay a decent portion of his contract, we should get valuable players/prospects in return.

[SouthSideRyan]

As much as a fan of the signing MB I was, this would please me very much. Defensively they'll give you about the same

 

WHAT

[Vanilla Ice]

As much as UZR is flawed. It has told the same story every year with Dunn.

 

2009 Batting Runs 24.1. Fielding Runs -23.4

2008 27.4 -28.0

2007 34.5 -18.8

2006 17.9 -14.9

 

I'd like to hold on to Bradley rather than sell low

[RedFlash]

As much as a fan of the signing MB I was, this would please me very much. Defensively they'll give you about the same

 

WHAT

 

They both give you the all Moises Alou caliber defense in RF, maybe MB is slightly better, but Dunn's bat more then makes up for it.

[Vanilla Ice]

Defensively they'll give you about the same

 

No

[OleMissCub]

I had forgotten about Dunn's splits at Wrigley. 23 HR in 217 AB's.

[SouthSideRyan]

Milton Bradley is an average-above average defender.

[RedFlash]

Milton Bradley is an average-above average defender.

 

WHEN he plays.

[chasinf5s]

its not like Bradley is a gold glover in rf, and he is injured way to much for my liking. Dunn would be a huge bat in the middle of the order and THAT is where the cubs have struggled all year. Dunn can not be any worse than Soriano is

[Schwarber Fan]

Milton Bradley is an average-above average defender.

 

WHEN he plays.

 

And when he can see the ball

[Schwarber Fan]

its not like Bradley is a gold glover in rf, and he is injured way to much for my liking. Dunn would be a huge bat in the middle of the order and THAT is where the cubs have struggled all year. Dunn can not be any worse than Soriano is

 

Not to mention he's left handed

[Cubswin11]

its not like Bradley is a gold glover in rf, and he is injured way to much for my liking. Dunn would be a huge bat in the middle of the order and THAT is where the cubs have struggled all year. Dunn can not be any worse than Soriano is

Yes he can be, and he is. But I would still gladly take his bat

Edited July 25, 2009 by Cubswin11

[Guest]

Yeah, there's no way I'd want the Cubs to do this deal unless they can get a solid bat back in return.

 

Don't trade Milton midseason just for the sake of trading him.

 

The purpose would be to free up money. And if we had to pay a decent portion of his contract, we should get valuable players/prospects in return.

 

Then wait until the offseason to dump him. But trading him now to get prospects in return isn't smart (unless you get a bat in return) because it only hurts the team.

 

And if the Cubs pay a decent portion of the contract, it wouldn't be freeing up all that much money.

[Bruce Miles]

Total hogwash. Two Cubs people said it's the first they've heard of it and that Jim hasn't talked with anybody about this. Let's remember Stone has a, um, a, shall we call it, a thing for the Cubs. And Kap is his buddy.

 

This is total fabrication.

[Guest]

Thanks for the info, Bruce.

[javy knows my name]

its not like Bradley is a gold glover in rf, and he is injured way to much for my liking. Dunn would be a huge bat in the middle of the order and THAT is where the cubs have struggled all year. Dunn can not be any worse than Soriano is

Soriano is a better defender than Bradley and a MUCH better defender than Dunn

[Post Count Padder]

Thanks for clearing that up Bruce. Any info on trade targets? Or is Hendry going to sit idly and make a last second trade for depth?

[Vanilla Ice]

Thanks, Bruce

 

Adam Dunn was the 7th worst defender in all of baseball by UZR last year

4th worst this year

[OleMissCub]

Total hogwash. Two Cubs people said it's the first they've heard of it and that Jim hasn't talked with anybody about this. Let's remember Stone has a, um, a, shall we call it, a thing for the Cubs. And Kap is his buddy.

 

This is total fabrication.

 

shot that down pretty quick

 

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[Schwarber Fan]

Any juicy stuff that IS going on Bruce?

[dew1679666265]

Yeah, there's no way I'd want the Cubs to do this deal unless they can get a solid bat back in return.

 

Don't trade Milton midseason just for the sake of trading him.

 

The purpose would be to free up money. And if we had to pay a decent portion of his contract, we should get valuable players/prospects in return.

 

Then wait until the offseason to dump him. But trading him now to get prospects in return isn't smart (unless you get a bat in return) because it only hurts the team.

 

And if the Cubs pay a decent portion of the contract, it wouldn't be freeing up all that much money.

 

If the Cubs pay half his salary from here on out, they'd free up $4 million next year and $6 million next year. That's decent savings for a cash-strapped team and there's a chance they'd pay less than that.

 

Saving part of Milton's contract might free up enough money for somebody like Dunn. I'd take prospects from the Tigers and then Dunn from the Nationals (though we'd obviously give them prospects as well) quite happily.

[Bruce Miles]

Thanks for clearing that up Bruce. Any info on trade targets? Or is Hendry going to sit idly and make a last second trade for depth?

 

It's really hard to say. I would not be surprised if they did nothing. The bullpen really is their primary targeted area. They're going to see how Ryan throws in Iowa. Other than that, they're really locked in as far as positions on the field.

[Keener98]

Thanks for clearing that up Bruce. Any info on trade targets? Or is Hendry going to sit idly and make a last second trade for depth?

 

It's really hard to say. I would not be surprised if they did nothing. The bullpen really is their primary targeted area. They're going to see how Ryan throws in Iowa. Other than that, they're really locked in as far as positions on the field.

 

 

The bullpen is the least of this teams problems, why the hell cant they see this?

[OleMissCub]

Milton should try and hit RH next time we face a righty and he is in the lineup. I know if you are a career switch hitter that'd funk you up, but maybe he should try it though because he uber-sucks hitting LH this year.

[JonJayCutler]

Ugh, of course its not true. Why can't this team trade for a bat?