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12-18-2009, 03:51 PM
The Mariners and Chicago Cubs have announced a trade sending right-handed pitcher Carlos Silva to Chicago for outfielder Milton Bradley.
According to sources familiar with the deal, the Mariners will send a total of $9 million to the Cubs in the deal, ESPN.com senior baseball writer Jayson Stark reported. Of that amount, $3 million is to even out the difference between Silva's salary in 2010 and Bradley's salary. The other $6 million constitutes payroll relief for the Cubs and will be paid out in over 2010 and 2011.
That money could allow the Cubs to obtain a center fielder and move Kosuke Fukudome back to right field. They've expressed interest in free agents including Marlon Byrd, Rick Ankiel and Scott Podsednik. But they've also explored potential trades for a center fielder -- most prominently, Curtis Granderson before he was traded to the New York Yankees.
Silva is still owed $25 million over the last two years of his contract. Bradley is owed about $23 million.
The Cubs have seen Silva's medical reports and watched him pitch in Venezuela the past seven to 10 days, ESPNChicago.com's Bruce Levine reported.
Bradley was suspended at the end of the regular season after repeatedly making inflammatory statements and having run-ins with reporters. Within the Chicago organization, it was seen as an imperative to trade Bradley before the start of the 2010 season.
Because of his high salary and his long history of injuries, there was little interest in Bradley. But as far back as October, rival executives had pegged the potential swap of Bradley for Silva as the best possible matchup for both sides, because the amount of money owed to both players is so similar and because the respective teams were looking to dump the players.
When a Silva-for-Bradley swap was initially proposed at the winter meetings, the Cubs expressed little or no interest. However, talks with the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers stalled. The Mariners then told the Cubs they'd consider adding cash to the deal. And momentum toward a deal "gained steam" early Friday, a source told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.
Bradley batted .257 with 12 home runs and 40 runs batted in last season.
He has a .277 career batting average, but his time in the majors has been beset by injuries and run-ins with teammates and fans. Through 2009, he's played for seven teams in nine seasons, with 115 HRs and 439 RBIs.
Silva signed a four-year, $48 million deal with the Mariners after the 2008 season and has been a disappointment in Seattle, going 5-18 the past two seasons. He appeared in eight games last season, going 1-3 with an 8.60 ERA.
For his career, he's 60-64 with two saves and a 4.72 ERA in 295 appearances with the Phillies, Twins and Mariners.
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=4754761
*Thank God He's Gone, Now We Can Look For A New Centerfielder, Which I Hope is Rich Ankiel*
According to sources familiar with the deal, the Mariners will send a total of $9 million to the Cubs in the deal, ESPN.com senior baseball writer Jayson Stark reported. Of that amount, $3 million is to even out the difference between Silva's salary in 2010 and Bradley's salary. The other $6 million constitutes payroll relief for the Cubs and will be paid out in over 2010 and 2011.
That money could allow the Cubs to obtain a center fielder and move Kosuke Fukudome back to right field. They've expressed interest in free agents including Marlon Byrd, Rick Ankiel and Scott Podsednik. But they've also explored potential trades for a center fielder -- most prominently, Curtis Granderson before he was traded to the New York Yankees.
Silva is still owed $25 million over the last two years of his contract. Bradley is owed about $23 million.
The Cubs have seen Silva's medical reports and watched him pitch in Venezuela the past seven to 10 days, ESPNChicago.com's Bruce Levine reported.
Bradley was suspended at the end of the regular season after repeatedly making inflammatory statements and having run-ins with reporters. Within the Chicago organization, it was seen as an imperative to trade Bradley before the start of the 2010 season.
Because of his high salary and his long history of injuries, there was little interest in Bradley. But as far back as October, rival executives had pegged the potential swap of Bradley for Silva as the best possible matchup for both sides, because the amount of money owed to both players is so similar and because the respective teams were looking to dump the players.
When a Silva-for-Bradley swap was initially proposed at the winter meetings, the Cubs expressed little or no interest. However, talks with the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers stalled. The Mariners then told the Cubs they'd consider adding cash to the deal. And momentum toward a deal "gained steam" early Friday, a source told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.
Bradley batted .257 with 12 home runs and 40 runs batted in last season.
He has a .277 career batting average, but his time in the majors has been beset by injuries and run-ins with teammates and fans. Through 2009, he's played for seven teams in nine seasons, with 115 HRs and 439 RBIs.
Silva signed a four-year, $48 million deal with the Mariners after the 2008 season and has been a disappointment in Seattle, going 5-18 the past two seasons. He appeared in eight games last season, going 1-3 with an 8.60 ERA.
For his career, he's 60-64 with two saves and a 4.72 ERA in 295 appearances with the Phillies, Twins and Mariners.
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=4754761
*Thank God He's Gone, Now We Can Look For A New Centerfielder, Which I Hope is Rich Ankiel*
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12-19-2009, 12:26 AM
2 things that worrie me is Silva is just like Bradley with his anger issues (according to ESPN) & Silva's Contract is higher than Bradley's.
12-19-2009, 12:58 AM
OORAH Wrote:If that's the case Carlos and him will eventually mix it up. :redboxer::ChairHit:
Are the cubs having to pick up some of Milton's contract?
Seattle sent $9 Million to the Cubs along with Silva and $3 of it is suppose to help equal everything out and the other $6 million is for payroll relief for the Cubs so we can now look for a Centerfielder
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