Cubs Close to Acquiring Aaron Heilman

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=14890:date=Jan 30 2009, 02:52 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 30 2009, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14888:date=Jan 30 2009, 02:50 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jan 30 2009, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14852:date=Jan 30 2009, 01:27 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 30 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14850:date=Jan 30 2009, 01:22 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jan 30 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14846:date=Jan 30 2009, 01:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 30 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Edmonds' OPS+ with the Cubs was 136. That's far above average -- especially for a CF. He hit 19 homers in 85 games. I think it's possible that you're forgetting how good Edmonds was as a Cub. In fact, Edmonds' slugging percentage was better than any other hitter on our team (including Ramirez and Soriano).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bradley/Fuk/Johnson > Edmonds/Fuk/Johnson

The production is just gonna be coming primarily from RF instead of CF.
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Did you really need to include the /Fuk/Johnson to both sides of the equation?

Are you saying that Bradley is a better hitter than Edmonds? Yes, he is. But not by as much as you guys seem to think. We got a ton of production out of Edmonds during his short time with us.
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Bradley is leaps and bounds better than Edmonds, he was arguably the best offensive player in the MLB last season, it's not close.
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I'm only talking about the period of time Edmonds was a Cub. His SLG was better than Bradley's last year in that timeframe. Yes -- Bradley bests him in BA and OBP, but this isn't Bako vs. Bonds. It's closer than you think.
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So we can just ignore what Edmonds did in San Diego and how he disappeared for almost 2 months at the end of the season? It's not close Butch, you know it too.