Found October 20, 2009 on Goat Riders of the Apocalypse:
Going by the OPS+ statistic as an indicator of hitting productivity, do you know who was third on the team in 2009 (amongst players of 300+ ABs) in OPS+, after DLee and ARam? No fair peeking at the tag.  Of course it was Milton Bradley.  He barely edged out Fooky in both OBP and SLG.  Miltie's OPS+ was 104, which roughly means he was slightly above the average major league baseball player at the plate.  Fooky's was 101, which means he was pretty much an average MLB hitter, in terms of offensive impact.  Soriano, Fontenot, Soto, and Theriot were all below 90, which makes them all well below the average MLB hitter in terms of overall offensive impact. How can this be?  Didn't Soriano hit 20 homers?  Didn't The Riot hit nearly .300?  Well sure, but when you take into consideration Theriot's lack of power and Soriano's horrendous plate discipline...let's just admit that even though it appeared Bradley sucked, par...
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