Charlie KleinSorry if this blog has seemed a bit more Seattle Mariners oriented of late, but that is because my boys in the Pacific Northwest are making MOVES ladies and gentleman. Today Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik pulled yet another rabbit out of his size 8 59/50 Seattle Mariners hat dealing Carlos Silva to the Chicago Cubs for Milton Bradley.
According to most of the reports that I have read, the Mariners, in addition to adding Bradley, are due to pay the Cubbies six million dollars over the next two years to account for the differences in salary.
The Seattle Mariners with the addition of Milton Bradley have now nominally filled out their roster. Zduriencik said in a conference call that Bradley will play some left field and some designated hitter. The man prefers to be coy. I will go ahead and presume that Bradley spends most of his time in left, unless Zduriencik has yet more rabbits to pull out of that hat of his.
It is impossible to see this move as a positive for the Cubs. This is for three reasons. First of all, I have hated Carlos Silva more than any Mariners player for the past two seasons and therefore cannot see anything good he can offer aside from a lengthy spell on the DL. Secondly, Silva does not offer a high ceiling for potential statisical output. He is at best a No. 4 starter on any MLB team. For the Cubs this move is almost proof of the 'addition by subtraction' paradox. No more Bradley is what that team needs. After all, Lou Pinella is a not a man famous for coddling players.
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