Comments on: Bradley Traded to M’s for Silva

By: David Golebiewski

David Golebiewski — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:24:27 +0000

My bad. It’s corrected-thanks.

By: The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:09:09 +0000

Your math is off on Silva’s contract. 11.5 + 11.5 = 23, + 2 = 25 — Silva is owed $25 million, not $24 million, and the net cost to the M’s is $5 million.

By: KY

KY — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:06:17 +0000

What do ya mean no one is interested in how Silva will do?! The Cubs fans want to know if they just saw 21 million for a problem-ed but very good player turn into 17 million and no player.

And the deep leagues will look forward to a Carlos Silva/Tom Gorzelanny battle of who can be less bad.

By: alskor

alskor — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:06:42 +0000

I dont mean to overstate the losses of Figgins and Lackey, but I could easily see the Halos finishing last in those years. Everyone else has smart GMs, good or great farm systems and is getting better. The Angels are signing guys like Matsui. They can ill afford the Mike Soscia BS anymore – no more playing Mathis over Napoli or Izturis over Kendrick or anybody over Wood. That **** now has the potential to cripple them.

By: David MVP Eckstein

David MVP Eckstein — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:50:55 +0000

Definitely. M’s will rule 2010, but what are your views for the AL West come 2011 and 2012? By then the A’s farm system should culminate into one of baseball’s best teams (Carter, Fox, Taylor, Donaldson and maybe Daric Barton on the hitting side; Anderson, Cahill, and Michael Ynoa on the pitching staff, with plenty of above average guys in the pen)

By: David Golebiewski

David Golebiewski — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:40:59 +0000

I’m a pretty big fan of this deal from Seattle’s perspective. The club acquires a hitter who’s potentially quite useful for an exorbitantly-priced starter who, IF healthy, is a back-end starter. I’m extremely impressed with Seattle. Just a total 180 from a a few years ago.

By: David MVP Eckstein

David MVP Eckstein — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:32:09 +0000

At least the cubs SAVED some money and added something, but sigh, wouldnt it have just been better to keep bradley who should bounce back? That high OBP will be missed…As a cubs fan, I wish we had him as our GM. Bradley’s xBABIP adjusted 2009 slash line was (assuming all additional hits would have been singles) .270/.390/.410 (.800 OPS). That’s BEFORE any rebounds in power. A 390 OBP with even lg avg power is something to fear.

More info on Jack Z:
http://gameofinches.blogspot.com/2009/12/mariners-new-direction.html