But seriously, we don’t need a pitcher. According to Fantasy Pitch F/X (the best site for all MLB-things injury-related), Bonderman had shoulder surgery about 17 months ago. He’s about a career average pitcher with two years of better-than-average performance. Then again, FanGraphs tells me his WAR is decent, but his Babip isn’t all that great (.317).

In summary: I don’t really care. Get anything you can.

Dan

AL pitchers general do better in the NL, maybe we can swing them picking up the tab for D-train too, I know I ask for too much.

How long till someone posts that this type of trade is racist?

I would prefer a bat. It will be an interesting few months. Maybe the Cardinals will now panic and make a hasty trade and want more bats, more lefties. I say Wainwright for Bradley, thats all.

just get rid of this guy and then fire Hendry

Don’t call me when you’re in my town, call me when you’re on my block and i see you next door moving your furniture in

We do NOT need another pitcher. I would rather have an overpriced underproducing position player.

Get what ever we can for Bradley, I don’t care as long as we don’t take on another albatross contract or have to pay the remainder of Bradley’s contract, just get rid of him.

“Self? Who would be easier to trade – Bradley or Bonderman?”

 and then act accordingly.

Right now, I’m believing about half (if that much) the smoke I’m seeing about being able to move Bradley so I still think it will be a challenge. Whereas if I were Detroit (or Tampa), I think it’d be relatively easy to trade Bonderman (or Burrell) if I wanted to.

So that tells me if Hendry can swing a deal for either of those two, he should do so with whoever says yes first. Later on in the offseason, or even into spring training, if Bonderman (or Burrell) turns out to be not so good a fit with how the Cubs are shaping up, it ought to be easy enough to move them elsewhere for whatever we might need (or prospects for the future).

1st order of business is trading Bradley to whoever says YES and worry about the pieces later…. Getting rid of him without just having to outright release him is a win by itself.

If this happens, what’s the chance Bondy pitches out of the pen?

 the article out of Tampa Bay saying that the Cubs are pushing for a Bradley for Burrell?

Bonderman and Willis together make about the same amount in 2010 that Bradley will make on the rest of his deal. Trading for the two of them may make more sense from the Tigers’ perspective.

There are lots of options for a Bradley-to-Detroit deal, or a 3-way deal with Bradley going to TB and Burrell going to Detroit. I think the Cubs involve the tigers in their offseason plans at some point this offseason.

In a nod to the late longtime Freep reporter George Puscas, I’ll even bet a “yard of kielbasa” on it.

Tigers’ GM Dave Dombrowski wouldn’t make such a deal. Tigers’ owner Mike Illich wouldn’t OK such a deal and Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland wouldn’t stand for Bradley’s “aura” in the clubhouse.

Geez, you think Jim smokes a lot of cigarettes now? The guy would be dead of smoke inhalation by the all star break. And the players wouldn’t care for him either.

Gameboard wants less media scrutiny. He won’t get it in Detroit. Believe it or not, the Detroit media market isn’t some backwash of rubes. They would be just as, (hmmm- what’s the word I’m looking for?) VIGILANT as Chicago’s own media with respect to their reporting on Mr. Bradley. Let’s see how far his act gets with Drew Sharp or Mitch Albom.

Bradley’s comment about wanting to only play nine innings so he can get out of the ballpark as fast as possible wouldn’t play any better in Motown, where a lot of folks put in very long days (those who are lucky enough to have jobs). The FANS of the Tigers wouldn’t put up with his “me first” nonsense and would roast him like a Christmas chestnut for an effort like that.

Gameboard would LONG for his “SUNNY” days in Chicago…

Anyone want to take me up on my original bet?

Okay, I don’t think much of Bonderman, but what the heck can you expect to get for Bradley and that fat contract? Maybe, Bonderman can turn things around in Chicago. I give him about a 25% chance of doing that, if he comes to the Cubs. The main thing is to dump Bradley.

I’d rather them trade Bradley for Ordonez, but I can’t say the Tigers would be wise to do so. I bet we could get rid of Bradley for Dontrelle Willis though! Full salary swap, no questions asked.