Rangers expected to offer arbitration to Bradley

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 30, 2008 1:09 PM CST

T.R. Sullivan reports that the Rangers are expected to offer arbitration to Milton Bradley.

Not really a surprise, I don't think...he's not likely to accept, and even if he did, it means he comes back to the Rangers on what should be a fairly reasonable one year deal. We are past the days of John Hart, who was terrified at the slim possibility of a guy he wanted gone (i.e., Pudge Rodriguez) accepting arbitration, and thus was willing to give up the possibility of getting draft pick compensation.

Of course, at that time, Hart didn't run the draft anyway, so getting more draft picks probably wasn't much of a priority.

The deadline is 11 p.m. tomorrow. If Bradley is offered arbitration and signs elsewhere, the Rangers will get a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds in 2009.

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Good.

There’s probably only like a 5% chance he accepts, but if he does it’d cause a little chaos. I guess he’d have to play a COF with Blalock here.

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by thedirkatron on Nov 30, 2008 1:16 PM CST reply actions

I really wouldn't have a problem

With his bat here if he does accept.

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by boomer1 on Nov 30, 2008 1:19 PM CST up reply actions

i dont think

anyone would have a problem with bringing his bat back…

by blalock84 on Nov 30, 2008 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

That chaos is worth it

if he accepts, that’s going to be great for the Rangers.

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by Gdawg on Nov 30, 2008 1:40 PM CST up reply actions

yea

seriously would love that scenerio… We’d have a hard time getting everyone on the field, but injuries would probably quickly sort that out. Think about how good our O would be with Davis for a full year, Nellie playing up to his abilities + Bradley and maybe even a healthy Blalock.

by blalock84 on Nov 30, 2008 1:49 PM CST up reply actions

No doubt

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by boomer1 on Nov 30, 2008 1:52 PM CST up reply actions

Indeed.

But who do you think goes to make room?

Blalock so we can DH him again?

Or one of our many non-Hambone OF’ers (Byrd, Cruz, the Mosquito) so he can man a COF spot?

It’d be interesting to see how the dominoes fall if the unpossible happens and he accepts.

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by thedirkatron on Nov 30, 2008 3:17 PM CST up reply actions

Blalock

Let him go live on someone else’s DL

by vfn on Nov 30, 2008 7:59 PM CST up reply actions

It'd have to be Blalock

I’m not sure I really see Bradley ever playing the OF full-time again. Not if teams want to keep him healthy.

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by LSJ on Nov 30, 2008 8:10 PM CST up reply actions

Blalock would probably be gone

And I can live with that if we are talking about Bradley.

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by Gdawg on Dec 1, 2008 10:24 AM CST up reply actions

Good

by Brett Perryman on Nov 30, 2008 1:21 PM CST reply actions

Did anyone think the Rangers were not going to do this?

Given the Rangers probably wanted him back on a one-year basis anyway, it seems a pretty clear decision.

That said, I’m glad this deadline is here – teams should start signing guys who they were waiting on hoping their teams wouldn’t offer arbitration. That should get stuff going a little quicker.

by JBImaknee on Nov 30, 2008 1:43 PM CST reply actions

No

This is the first confirmation that it will happen, though.

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 30, 2008 1:44 PM CST up reply actions

What will be interesting...

is to see what guys dont get offered Arb on other teams. Im really interested in seeing if the Brewers offer Sheets Arb. Kinda sounds like they may not.

by blalock84 on Nov 30, 2008 1:50 PM CST reply actions

I can't imagine why they wouldn't

If he accepts, it seems like they could simply trade him to another team. I imagine the Rangers would be happy to have Sheets on a one year arbitration deal.

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 30, 2008 2:08 PM CST up reply actions

The only way it makes sense is if they know something about his medicals that others don't know yet.

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by thedirkatron on Nov 30, 2008 3:18 PM CST up reply actions

What would Bradley earn

Should he accept arbitration? Seems he’d have a pretty strong case for a significant raise.

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by Ed Coffin on Nov 30, 2008 2:28 PM CST reply actions

My guess?

$10-12 million.

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 30, 2008 2:31 PM CST up reply actions

Agree

Arbitration factors in your raise after including your salary and all bonuses earned from the previous year compared with all players in your position category and service time (5+ years for Bradley). He made $6.6MM with all bonuses. That’d mean it’d probably be somewhere in the $11-13MM range by my estimation.

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by Andy Seiler on Nov 30, 2008 2:36 PM CST up reply actions