Baseball official with knowledge of deal: Mariners get Milton Bradley from Cubs for Silva

AP source: Seattle gets Bradley from Cubs

SEATTLE — A baseball official with knowledge of the trade says the Mariners have acquired mercurial outfielder Milton Bradley from the Chicago Cubs for expensive and underperforming pitcher Carlos Silva.

The one-for-one deal was struck Friday morning, the official said, speaking on condition anonymity because the trade had not been announced.

Chicago has been wanting to deal Bradley since the Cubs suspended him for the final two weeks of last season, shortly after he criticized the atmosphere surrounding a team that hasn’t won a World Series since 1908.

Seattle, which has never won a World Series, didn’t expect to find a suitor for Silva. He has done little except lose and get hurt in the two seasons since he signed a $48 million, four-year contract.