The Chicago Cubs have signed Milton Bradley to a 3-year, $30 million deal reportsSports Illustrated. Bradley will give the cubs a switch-hitter which they desperately needed in their batting lineup.
Adding Bradley was one of the top priorities this offseason for the Cubs, who got swept out of the playoffs for the second straight year after a lineup loaded with right-handers struggled against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
A switch-hitter, Bradley batted .321 with 22 homers for Texas while leading the American League with a .436 on-base percentage. He made the All-Star team while serving primarily as a designated hitter.
In Chicago, he'll fill the Cubs' need for a left-handed bat in the middle of the order and will be used mostly in right field even though he has played 100 games in the field just once -- in 2004 with the Dodgers. The Cubs will likely spell him with Kosuke Fukudome, who also will platoon with Reed Johnson in center. Fukudome was in right field last season.
You can see Bradley's stats here and here. See also Tribune Hard Ball and this article which has Bradley's own thoughts about playing for the Cubs.
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The Chicago Cubs have signed Milton Bradley to a 3-year, $30 million deal 