Bradley

[PcB]

<!--quoteo(post=61648:date=Sep 3 2009, 07:47 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Sep 3 2009, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61641:date=Sep 3 2009, 08:41 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 3 2009, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61635:date=Sep 3 2009, 07:36 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Sep 3 2009, 07:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If we're talking with the benefit of hindsight, I don't really see how anyone could argue that Abreu, Dunn and Ibanez ALL would have been MUCH better signings than Bradley.

With hindsight:

1. Dunn
2. Abreu (so freaking cheap for just one year)
3. Ibanez
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But speaking with the benefit of hindsight is pointless. At the time Bradley looked like the obvious choice. He had just led the A.L in OBP and is a far better defender than any of the other 3. We also didn't know that Abreu could be had for 5 mil. We knew Dunn and Ibanez would be just as expensive if not more than Bradley. He was the right signing IMO.
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Without hindsight:

1. Dunn
2a. Bradley
2b. Abreu
4. Ibanez

That was me, anyway.
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If we put Dunn in RF it would be the worst OF in the history of baseball. That's the only reason I take Bradley over Dunn. Pure hitting? Dunn over any of the other 3 by a landslide.