Bradley

[Scarey]

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Someone thinks they're a lot smarter then they really are huh? Scarey just destroyed your whole post and you can't defend it, so you just quit? Weak.
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It had nothing to do with being smart. The fact was he either took things out of context or just didn't get what I was trying to convey; that's not necessarily his fault.

I'll touch on some of the points now.

Arlington, is known as a hitter's ball park. I was saying that he only hit 22 HRs there, his career high, that is not very impressive and doesn't speak well for one's power hitting ability. Additionally, he has only 11 HRs to this point in what is also a hitter-friendly ball park.

I think his switch hitting numbers have been covered enough in this thread to say that he currently is a sucky switch hitter.

I'm of the belief that you NEED to get production from your RFer. By production, I mean a guy who drives in runs. Milton is not that guy. I don't need a light-hitting OBP guy in RF when I have guys like that at SS, 2B, CF already.
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Those are all fine points and I would have loved to hear them before. The switch hitting I'm still going to disagree wtih because throughout his career as a whole, he has proved he's a god left handed hitter.

As for the production comments, my response would be what's wrong with middle of the road? I understand that you want good production out of RF, but if Ramirez, Lee, and Soriano hit 30-35 HRs, Soto hits 20 HRs, and Fukudome and Bradley hit about 15 HRs, I don't really see the problem there. I would say that's about what we expected from those guys this year. It didn't work out this year and it may be hard for them to reach those HR levels in the future, so I understand why you would want more production in RF going forward.

I think the Cubs need to try to cut back spending till they get some of these contracts off the books personally though. So, I think we need to ride Bradley out and for the money he's getting, I think he'll produce about 15-20 HRs a year which isn't too bad. I just hope some of our other players improve their game.