that i came up with the idea of getting milton bradley. my post is more along the lines of freeing up future cash by trading a bad contract for a bad contract.

the purpose of the trade is so the braves could keep the stellar rotation of vazquez, hudson, hanson, jurrjens, and kawakami. without cutting some money somewhere, the braves cannot afford to keep both hudson and vazquez. trading lowe, in any other scenario, is almost impossible due to his poor season and…oh, that 45 million dollars he’s owed over the next 3 years.
to get lowe off the books, it might require taking on someone else’s poor contract: bradley.

Meh, I like Moylan as a dominate setup/situational reliever.

is not impossible in this scenario. i’m guessing that the cubs cant give away bradley at this time. if we offered lowe to them for bradley, they would have to consider it.

also, if you dont like the post, noone is twisting your arm to reply. get over yourself.

Sick and tired of all you people that call yourself fans; first you are all whining b/c you wanted Lowe last offseason and now you want to dump him. Lowe is the ace of this staff so get used to it. Come to terms with it or whatever you want to call it. Huddy and Vazquez will both be back but if you remember Huddy said he was willing to have his opition declined only to resign a deal for less money to stay with the Braves. So I’d look for that to happen the offseason but if nothing else look Huddy to return regardless.

Stop Whinning about D. Lowe !!!

if i recall hasnt played in quite a while…why do you assume he’ll be on the team. bradley, if used right, will not take time from diaz.

we WANT to send someone over. it’s not possible to keep lowe, hudson, and vazquez. lowe has the worst contract and this is the only scenario i can see that might work.

actually we can though I wouldn’t mind losing Soriano, ~7-8M is too much for a reliever not named Nathan, Rivera, or Paplebon. If Heyward can step up and take RF and we’re comfortable with Diaz in LF then we can keep all 6 starters and Gonzo in addition to getting another bullpen option ie Brandon League, etc through trade. I think a lot will depend on the team’s perception of Diaz and Schafer.

First I said no Soriano, and Hudson would look like 3 years 27 million. That does not put you at 100 million I can guarantee that. And Prado’s strong finish certainly reinforces that he should be starting but I never argued that Prado couldn’t produce, i said dan uggla would be a significant upgrade. And that still very much holds true

Ha ha, also the cubs have 3 bad contracts in Soriano, Z, and Bradley. Its no way they would take on Lowe’s contract because it wouldn’t help their team at all. Trust to all Braves fans out there, there is no need to worry about the Braves trading Vaz. He will be a Brave next year he is just to valuable. Soriano and Gonzo, Fuga, Kelly will all be gone. The Braves will try and sign a cheap Veteran stop gap in the outfield not trade for an injury prone head case.

how bout pujols for lowe? better?

Someone made an interesting point in an interview. ALL of Bradley’s problems are ON the field. People think he’s a head case…I agree. However, this is not Michael Vick, this is not some disgruntled player in trouble with the law. Sure he’s a little out there, but playing for Pinellia might be fuel meet fire.

I’m not saying he’d be a good sign. The fact is, when going well, he’s a valuable bat. I’d assume that Chicago would be anxious to get rid of him. However, I also think that he plays the game passionately and, while some of the stuff he does is ridiculous, he generally keeps his nose clean away from the game, I think.

is under team control still, so the braves will probably keep him. KK will not be traded due to him being the first japanese player that we have ever signed. i actually like the idea of picking up xavier nady, but so will 29 other ball clubs. prado isnt arb eligible. diaz and moylan will probably only receive 1/2 mil or less of a pay raise.

Cuddyer is pretty average and getting paid like 7-8 million, so no thanks. He’s got some good offensive numbers but he’s a bad defender and negates most of his offensive value

I think the marlins keep Ross since they are getting rid of Uggla.

did kj come into the argument? the post was strictly about prado’s production. you said he couldnt produce throughout a full year, and you were/are wrong. i never said kj couldnt…you said prado couldnt…

what’s your point? prado ends the year with a 300 batting average and 14homeruns, and you think he doesnt deserve the starting job, or are you just jumping in on an argument that you know nothing about? i understand that saying we should sign milton bradley is a pretty outlandish idea, but jumping in an argument because its the bandwagon thing to do is lame. do you even know the original argument? if you do then back it up with more than one liners.

i enjoyed reading an actual post rather than an attack. the real reason i posted this was that i cant think of any other way that the braves can, financially, hold on to both hudson and vazquez. it’s not something that i would be incredibly excited about, but it would keep the core of this pitching staff together and add another strong bat. it might add some tension…it might not. bobby has handled assholes in the past.