Milton Bradley and Cubs agree to deal?

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=21121:date=Mar 1 2009, 07:36 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 1 2009, 07:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=21113:date=Mar 1 2009, 05:45 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 1 2009, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=21111:date=Mar 1 2009, 05:23 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 1 2009, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=21110:date=Mar 1 2009, 04:14 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 1 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=21106:date=Mar 1 2009, 05:04 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 1 2009, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Having Reed J. and Fuk as starters at positions where big offense is expected doesn't bode well for us.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yep, that combo absolutely killed us last year . . .
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<b>We scored runs last year <i>in spite of</i>, not <i>because of</i> those two. There's a difference.</b>

In the 2nd half of the season, after Fuk had a go-around of the NL, here's how he hit:
.217/.314/.326
OPS-639
Doesn't bode well. I'd rather have Hoffpower (sic) out there.
(FWIW, Reed J. kicked ass in the 2nd half last year).
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Reed was very good all season long and Fuk was one of the best hitters in the league the first two months of the season. I think he'll be somewhere in between that guy and the 2nd half Fuk this year. We'll be just fine if they're playing out there a lot.

1. Soriano
2. Fontenot
3. Lee
4. Bradley
5. Ramirez
6. Soto
7. Fukudome
8. Reed

That's still a damn good lineup.

Edit: I'm a dumbass, obviously Bradley wouldn't be in there.

1. Soriano
2. Fontenot
3. Lee
4. Ramirez
5. Soto
6. Fukudome
7. Reed
8. Theriot
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You mean that lineup, aside from substituting Fontenot for DeRosa will be exactly the same lineup that helped us win almost 100 games year? I can see why we're fucked . . .
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Yeah, Jim Edmonds did absolutely nothing for us last year. That .568 slugging %, best on the team? An optical illusion.
And Mark DeRosa? He <b>sucked</b>.
So yeah, Ruby's right.
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Half of the best CF in the MLB in 2008 was Johnson and his .303/.358/.420 line and replacing DeRosa with a guy with a .305/.395/.514 line is obviously a huge downgrade. How will we survive it if we're forced to field Johnson and Fukudome in the OF again?