The Bradley Rumours can finally stop

After 2 months of rumours surrounding OF Milton Bradley, news came today that the Cubs had finally traded him to the Seattle Mariners for P Carlos Silva.  Bradley, who will be joining his 9th team since 2000, basically fooled the Cubs into giving him a 3-year  / $30M contract after hitting .321 with 22 HR for Texas the year before.  Bradley was suspended by the Cubs for the final 2 weeks of last season for criticizing the team and atmosphere that surrounded it.  Bradley, a career .277 hitter, has had so many problems over the years from fighting and screaming at fans during the game, throwing beer at fans and has had trouble with teammates as well, yet organizations still felt the need to give him a shot each year due to the potential he has to perform at a high level.  If he ever put everything together, he probably would have been a pretty decent ball player.  The Cubs in return will be getting a problem of a different kind as Carlos Silva just can't win games.  He signed a 4-year / $48M deal with Seattle two years ago and has 5 wins to show for it.  his ERA last season was 8.60 and in 2008 it was 6.46.  He got the big contract after he had just an average season for the Twins going 13-14, 4.19 ERA.  The Cubs don't care though, as they have finally unloaded their big mistake.

In other news, the Yankees have signed 1B Nick Johnson to a 1-year contract & the White Sox officially traded for the Dodgers OF Juan Pierre.

The Mariners have all but ruled out signing Jason Bay and the Red Sox had offered Holliday a 5-year deal before signing Lackey according to reports.