Bradley traded??

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<!--quoteo(post=72307:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:53 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 18 2009, 02:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72305:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:48 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 18 2009, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72297:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:42 PM:name=dk123)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dk123 @ Dec 18 2009, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm going to go ahead and say that the Cubs did not handle the Bradley situation well from the get-go. We can look at the suspension and all that at the end of the year, but they should have been able to do something about the situation before it got to that point, if it is really true that his teammates hated him, etc. Signing a guy to a big contract, who you know can have problems, not being able to deal with those problems, and then basically coming out and saying that you MUST trade the guy after suspending him=fucking yourself in the ass. The only advantage of this trade is that they saved a little money. Anything beyond that is wishful thinking. Unfortunately, in saving a little money, we now are missing a player who even in a bad year, is decent. This whole situation is such an epic fail on the part of the Cubs, it's pretty unbelievable.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That pretty much sums it up.
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I actually agree with a lot of that, but once the bridge was burned, there was no alternative. And this isn't about Silva, it's about getting rid of Bradley.
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Pretty much. I don't know what else was supposed to be done. It was clear the rest of the man's teammates did not want to play with him here. Him staying here just wasn't going to happen. As far as Silva goes, obviously we couldn't get anything better for him. Be thankful we didn't have to eat Bradely's contract.