Lots of outlandish rumors on the Bradley front. Bradley for Gil Meche? Meche seems to be Harden with an impossible contract and an absence of talent or potential. I wonder why all the rumors seem to involve exchanging bad contracts. Is this the limit of Hendry's imagination or is it the limit of most sportswriters imaginations? I rather hope it is more of the latter than the former.
One thing is clear, the Cubs are going to have to eat at least half of Bradley's contract for the next two years, so lets say $11 or $12 million, maybe more. Of what benefit is it to then take on another albatross? What you really wind up doing is paying like $20 million for Pat Burrell, for example, a guy who is at best a platoon player who is a really bad outfielder. Somehow I do not see the benefit. Why wouldn't you want to get a prospect or two if someone is willing to trade, even if they were several years away?
In other areas, Chone Figgins, one of the few free agents who made much sense from the Cubs point of view, though more in CF than 2B, is gone to Seattle. Activity for Granderson is heating up and I hope he gets traded before Hendry and company have the uncontrollable urge to jump in with both feet. As I have noted in earlier posts, Granderson is a really bad idea for the Cubs.
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