01-30-2009, 08:31 PM
<!--quoteo(post=14939:date=Jan 30 2009, 05:49 PM:name=leonardsipes)-->QUOTE (leonardsipes @ Jan 30 2009, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->No matter how much Edmonds sucked after the first two months, his overall production as a Cub was very good. .369 OBP compared to Bradley's .370 lifetime and .568 slugging compared to Bradley's .563 career best.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Those numbers are fine, but Edmonds was wildly inconsistent while here. I know this is a huge assumption, but if Bradley can just play 100-120 games here, I think he will be much more consistent than Jimmy Baseball, and he should provide a lot more to the team in terms of versatility than just power and BB, which essentially is all that was/is left of his game. I'm not saying Bradley is a huge upgrade, but I think we are slightly better off in RF/CF than we were last season. The IF, on the other hand, is where I think we downgraded the most, but we're essentially the same team, to slightly weaker when you look at everything in aggregate.
Those numbers are fine, but Edmonds was wildly inconsistent while here. I know this is a huge assumption, but if Bradley can just play 100-120 games here, I think he will be much more consistent than Jimmy Baseball, and he should provide a lot more to the team in terms of versatility than just power and BB, which essentially is all that was/is left of his game. I'm not saying Bradley is a huge upgrade, but I think we are slightly better off in RF/CF than we were last season. The IF, on the other hand, is where I think we downgraded the most, but we're essentially the same team, to slightly weaker when you look at everything in aggregate.