Game Over Milton Bradley

Bradley has suffered the consequences
for his bad temper.

All-Star outfielder Milton Bradley is an search of a home once again after being designated for assignment by the last place Seattle Mariners Monday. Seattle has tens day to either trade, release, or send the hot headed Bradley to the minors.

    The switch-hitter was off to a slow start in his second season in the Emerald City only batting .218 with 2 home runs and 13 runs batted in, in 28 games. The Mariners were the worst offensive team in Major League Baseball a year ago and thought it was time for a change, coming at Bradley's expense.
   
    Bradley was acquired in a deal with the Chicago Cubs prior to the '10 season that sent right-handed pitcher Carlos Silva to the north side of Chicago. Bradley's best season during his 12-year career came back in '08 with the Texas Rangers when he tied a career high, batting .321 and led the American League in on-base-percentage at .436.

    As a result he was named to his first and only All-Star Game that season. Bradley might have been one of the many beneficiaries in having the opportunity to hit in the ballpark of Arilington, Texas for a season, declining every season after that.
   
    Bradley was rewarded that offseason by the Cubs with a three-year $30 million contract, thinking he would provide balance to a heavy right-handed hitting lineup. In his only season in the Windy City, Bradley was heavly critcized by the fans and media for his poor play, only batting .257 with 12 long balls and was traded to the Mariners that offseason. His first season in Seattle was even worse accumulating a .205 average in only 73 games before undergoing season-ending knee surgery in August. Although the deal has not worked out for the men occupy the friendly confines of Wrigley Field either.
  
    Silva started the '10 season 8-0 in his first 11 starts of the season and looked like a steal by general manager Jim Hendry, but from there it went sour. The Venezuelan would only win two of his final ten starts and be shut down in early September with a right elbow injury. Silva posted a 10.90 ERA this spring and did not make the Opening Day roster for newly appointed manager, Mike Quade.

    Silva was let go and is now pitching in the New York Yankees minor league system. It is a trade both clubs would just rather forget.
  

Eric Wedge, left will no longer have to
deal with Bradley's antics.

    Seattle was Bradley's fifth team in as many years and the eighth team he has played for his in career. Bradley was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in the second-round of the 1996 Amateur Player Draft. Bradley is mostly known for his temper on and off the field, and was suspended and fined earlier this year by Major League Baseball for an incident in a game against the Boston Red Sox.
  
    His most infamous tirade came when he was a member of the San Diego Padres. Bradley was disputing a call at first base with umpire Mike Winters and torn his ACL after being restrained by manager Bud Black. The outfielder was lost for the season and San Diego went on to lose in Game 163 for a chance to clinch the final postseason spot.
  
    Although extremely talented Bradley just comes with too much baggage and you wonder when one of his chances with be his last chance. You can bet one of the 29 other major league teams will take a chance on the thirty-three-year veteran with the fire power he can bring to a lineup until then game over Milton.