Bradley, Rangers reach agreement

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Milton Bradley to Rangers
Published 12/9/2007 by Andrew Beaton at Hot Foot
According to T.R. Sullivan at MLB.com the Rangers have agreed to a 1 year $5 million contract with free agent OF Milton Bradley pending a physical.  The deal also includes incentives. Bradley is coming off right knee surgery and it is still unsure if he will be ready for opening day. Well, they missed out on Torii Hunter and Andruw Jones so this fills their OF need.  He’s a real headcase but he could also be a real bargain for them. Share This

Rangers Reach Deal With Bradley
Published 12/9/2007 by Joe Pawlikowski at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
MLB.com is reporting that the Rangers have come to terms with outfielder Milton Bradley on what appears to be a one-year deal. Its base worth is $5 million, though Bradley can earn a few incentives. Of course, there's still the issue of Bradley's knee. He suffered a torn ACL towards the end of the season in that strange scuttle with Mike Winters and Padres manager Bud Black. Some reports have Bradley being ready by Opening Day, some have him sitting out the first month of the season. Not that we could have expected it, but this report gives us no further insight into Bradley's health condition. It does mention, though, that Bradley has to take a physical. I ...

News: Bradley signs with Rangers
Published 12/9/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
The Rangers hav signed free-agent OF Milton Bradley to a one-year, $5 million deal, plus incentives, reports MLB.com.

Roster Notes
Published 12/9/2007 by Rob at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
Catching up on a few things after spending yesterday in a Christmas-decorating-induced frenzy... Milton Bradley has unofficially concluded a $5M/one-year deal with the Rangers, according to mlb.com and Ken Rosenthal. The lack of outfield punch may make things "interesting", says Sandy Alderson. Compounding that outfield problem is Mike Cameron's refusal of arbitration; the Padres centerfielder is supposedly courting interest from Texas. Eric Gagne is a Brewer, to the tune of $10M/one year. How low have his fortunes sunk when ...