Bradley traded??

[Ace]

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Yea, I don't agree with any of that.
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So you believe that Jim Hendry traded Milton Bradley because of his "lack of production"?

I'd love to hear you back that up.
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Bottom line...he didn't perform. If he would have hit .321/.436/.563 he would have got a pass on his dickishness. People wouldn't boo him because he was raking, and he wouldn't have needed to find ways to justify his non-performance...the fans, the media, the city, the other voices in his head. If Reggie Jackson performed to 2/3rds of his expectations he would have been booed out of New York. He would have said awful things about the fans and the city. But because he did live up to expectations all of the sideshow was mostly avoided. He was still a dick and a bad team mate, but he hit well which is what he is paid to do. Bradley didn't hit, he got booed, the media went after him, his team couldn't justify or write off his poor personality, and the whole thing spiraled out of control. If he hit he would have been just an asshole who played well. He didn't hit, and we see what happened.
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But beez, we both know that's not why he was traded. Are you telling me that if he had been an angel, but had put up "only" a .775 OPS (with a .378 OBP), Hendry would have dumped him for Carlos Silva?

Of course not. Bradley was dumped because he was a horrible teammate and a headcase douche. And that's a red flag that Hendry KNEW about when he signed him.
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It's because he sucked and was a douchebag. I thought that inference by Hendry was obvious.
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I don't think it was obvious at all, and maybe that's why we disagree. I think Hendry is making it all about the performance.

And hello, GM's don't dump guys for Carlos Silva because they "only" had a .775 OPS and a .378 OBP. Is that really such a far out there point that I'm making?
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If he had an .850 OPS, I think there's a much better chance he's still in a Cubs uniform, regardless of what he said about our fans and organization.
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Yes, and if he had a 1.200 OPS he'd still be here, too. That's completely beside the point that if Hendry is saying the REASON Bradley WAS IN FACT traded was because his OPS ACTUALLY WAS .775, he's totally full of shit.

The reason Bradley was traded - this Bradley, the one that had a .775 OPS - was because he was an asshole. How can you disagree?

Bradley's OPS+ was 99. He was essentially average. Better performance could have changed things, sure. But the FACT is that he was dumped, and he was NOT dumped because he was an average hitter.