The Cubs Are Turning Against Milton Bradley

June 26, 2009 by cubsnet

14.4% of the way through $30 million, the Cubs are turning against Milton Bradley (.237/.355/.379 through 70 team games). In the sixth inning of today’s win, Lou Piniella told him to take his uniform off and go home after Bradley started throwing water around in the dugout after Bradley made his third out of the game. Piniella says he will start Bradley tomorrow, but Alfonso Soriano—at least—says that if Bradley does not care about the team, he can stay home:

"I hope he comes back and he can help the team to win. If he's not that way, we don't need him. We have 25 players, we have to be on the same page. If he's not 100 percent to help the team to win, we don't need him. If he's 100 percent and he comes and wants to play, he's more than welcome."

The Daily Herald’s Bruce Miles wrote that “the Cubs feel that Bradley is acting selfishly. GM Jim Hendry talked with us in the runway after the game and said he wanted players to be ‘all in.’”

These comments imply that Bradley has failed to build up goodwill with his teammates and management.

The Cubs are going to need someplace to put Jake Fox when Aramis Ramirez returns. Right field might be that place.

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