Fox's Ken Rosenthal quotes a source as saying "you would be shocked" at the level of interest in Bradley, who has two years and $21 million remaining on his contract. He mentions the Giants, Padres, Rangers, Blue Jays and Mets, all of whom have been mentioned before because most have tradeable players with with bad contracts.
ESPN blogger Buster Olney (on ESPN Insider) ran a list of overpaid players who might interest the Cubs, many of whome have been mentioned like Aaron Rowand and Barry Zito. But he also mentions pitchers like Oliver Perez, Dontrelle Willis and Derek Lowe.
Two interesting names: Tampa Bay's Pat Burrell and the Angels' Gary Matthews Jr., who has two years and $23 million left while staring at limited playing time.
Those last two names are interesting only in that they would seem to be very, very, very bad ideas (unless Burrell is in a contract year, which turns him into a monster).
Thanks to the Mercurial Outfielder for the tip.
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I’m not the least bit shocked that numerous teams would like to acquire Bradley who is a better and cheaper player than whatever overpaid suck they possess.