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It appears that the Cubs are still trying to sell Milton Bradley, even though it is more and more apparent that they will 1. probably not get much in return and 2. have to pay a large percentage of his contract. SI’s Jon Heyman explains more of the details on why Milton Bradley has to go:

CHICAGO — The Cubs are trying hard to dump the perennially malcontented Milton Bradley here at the GM meetings, as it isn’t just manager Lou Piniella who didn’t connect with him in his season here. Apparently, several key members of the team — including Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Zambrano — barely speak to Bradley.

“I don’t think they dislike him. But Milton’s a unique guy who doesn’t fit in, like the oddball kid in class,” one Cubs-connected person said.

“He doesn’t try to fit in. The other guys tried to take him in, but he’s one of those kids that simply doesn’t want to be part of anything,” one Cubs person said.

The Chicago Tribune reported that a Bradley blowup with now-deposed hitting coach Von Joshua preceded his two-week, end-of-the-year suspension, a fitting end to a dreadful year. So if anyone on the Cubs is suggesting that they might keep him, they’re kidding themselves.

“They’re going to get rid of him,” one NL exec said. “No way he can go back.”

Earlier in the day I had started to believe there was a chance he could stay with Cubs. Wrigleyville23 and Aisle 424 pointed out the comments made by Cubs HOFer Billy Williams in the morning Tribune. Williams seems to think the Cubs can keep Bradley. After reading what Heyman writes above, I have a difficult time seeing how the Cubs can make it work with Bradley.