When Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry set out to trade suspended outfield pariah Milton Bradley this off-season, he must have known he had relatively little chance of obtaining much in return. Bradley was ready to depart his seventh team in ten big-league seasons, and all but one of the divorces had been messy affairs.
Considering his predicament, then, Hendry could have done worse than he did. Chicago acquired pitcher Carlos Silva, a contractual pariah with the Seattle Mariners, and saved money in doing so.
But what to expect of Silva in 2010? Not much, by most estimates. The hefty right-handed hurler will turn 31 in April and is coming off two consecutive miserable seasons in Seattle.
Silva relies on control and ground balls to succeed, a good formula for many pitchers. Unlike tho ...
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