He didn’t fit with the Cubs. Get over it. Milton Bradley is a distinctly more complete and potentially helpful ballplayer to the Cubs.

Adam Dunn had an offer of marriage from the Washington National months ago. But he hung on to the bitter end hoping a better situation for his services would materialize. It never did. I wonder how Washington’s fans are going to embrace a player who clearly didn’t want to go there? This said, I like Dunn. He’s a throwback player. I hope he hits 50 HRs a year for the Nats.

Bradley was a good move. The Nats overpaid – they were the only reported team with serious interest in Dunn, but maybe they had to for Dunn to sign, as Dunn was reportedly lukewarm about going there. Had Dunn got an Abreu level contract, then a debate on the merits of Dunn or Bradley, at the relative costs, would perhaps be more intriguing. If Bradley is healthy for this period, then 12 mil in 2011 is probably livable. If he’s not healthy, then you take the 2 mil buyout and they get equal contracts basically (2/20). Considering that I think Bradley is the better player to have, I’m fine with this (I didn’t really care for Dunn unless it was an unlikely scenario where he was lined up for first base).

For the Nats, though, outside of overpaying a bit (IMO), it is a good deal. He adds pop to the middle of the order. The lineup isn’t half bad, but their pitching is a mess. That said, let’s say Dunn does his usual. At midseason, some teams could come calling for that power bat in the middle of the lineup, and maybe Washington nets some critical assets.

At least we only have to face him at Wrigley three times a year now that he’s out of the division. I would have rather he signed in the AL as a DH, but at least he didn’t sign with Houston or St. Louis.