Comments on: Bradley Signs with Chicago, Finally http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bradley-signs-with-chicago-finally/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bradley-signs-with-chicago-finally/#comment-58750 Ben Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:30 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2118#comment-58750 I would imagine the other PAs go to Reed Johnson and Joey Gathright who will play CF when Fukudome starts in RF--Piniella said he expects to start him there some of the time, I assume to rest Bradley. That being said, I would guess that Bradley/Johnson/Gathright over 700 PAs, with Bradley getting 400 of them, is more productive than DeRosa over 700 PAs. And Mike, I would assume that if the Cubs are smart enough to sell high on DeRosa, they are smart enough to start Fontenot over Miles at 2B. And the deal made a ton of sense, seeing as how they will get the same production out of Fontenot as they would have gotten from DeRosa, and they save $5M that they needed to spend on Bradley. I would imagine the other PAs go to Reed Johnson and Joey Gathright who will play CF when Fukudome starts in RF–Piniella said he expects to start him there some of the time, I assume to rest Bradley.

That being said, I would guess that Bradley/Johnson/Gathright over 700 PAs, with Bradley getting 400 of them, is more productive than DeRosa over 700 PAs.

And Mike, I would assume that if the Cubs are smart enough to sell high on DeRosa, they are smart enough to start Fontenot over Miles at 2B. And the deal made a ton of sense, seeing as how they will get the same production out of Fontenot as they would have gotten from DeRosa, and they save $5M that they needed to spend on Bradley.

]]> By: Mike Newman http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/bradley-signs-with-chicago-finally/#comment-58740 Mike Newman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:53:54 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2118#comment-58740 Excellent piece! You are right on the money with DeRosa. That deal makes no sense when he's replaced with a bum like Miles. Hopefully Fontenot gets the nod even though I'd like to see what Cedeno can do finally. Excellent piece! You are right on the money with DeRosa. That deal makes no sense when he’s replaced with a bum like Miles. Hopefully Fontenot gets the nod even though I’d like to see what Cedeno can do finally.

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