Injury Log on the Big 3

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=35355:date=May 4 2009, 01:22 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 4 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35344:date=May 4 2009, 01:08 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2009, 01:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35343:date=May 4 2009, 01:05 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ May 4 2009, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35340:date=May 4 2009, 01:04 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35338:date=May 4 2009, 01:03 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ May 4 2009, 01:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35334:date=May 4 2009, 01:01 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2009, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35332:date=May 4 2009, 12:57 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ May 4 2009, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->miles did not replace derosa. derosa was traded to make room for fontenot. miles was signed as a backup.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
DeRosa and Fontenot were on the same team in 2008. One didn't have to leave to make room for the other.
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If Fontenot was gonna start DeRosa didn't have a place here. Miles was then signed to be a backup. Unless you wanted to have a 5 million dollar backup player.
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With Ramirez and Bradley on the team, plus Fontenot not facing LHP, DeRosa would get plenty of ABs.
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But the money saved on DeRosa helped pay for Bradley.
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$2.5M didn't make a difference in Bradley's contract. Now you're just being a douche.
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Yes it did. The Cubs had and continue to have money constraints, that's what is happening. The Cubs payroll was gonna rise significantly without adding a single player, due to backloaded contracts. The Cubs needed to shed payroll to afford Bradley, it had to happen. The Wood, Marquis, and DeRosa moves were all made in order to allow the Cubs to sign Bradley and to help ease the rising payroll from the players already signed. The Cubs(Piniella) also wanted to get more lefthanded, and 2B was the only spot where that was gonna be possible. There was zero % chance that Bradley and DeRosa were gonna be on this team together, it was never gonna happen, and it's stupid for people to keep acting like it was a legitimate possibility.
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