Why cubs trade soriano

Was Soriano ultimately a good free-agent signing for the Cubs? If his legs had held up and he performed better in the playoffs in and , the answer might be easier. The young Cubs players swore by his leadership, which means he could have an effect on the franchise's rebuilding process long after he's gone. It's tough to lose Soriano's leadership, but there's a right time to move on and it made sense. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

Theo: Soriano trade benefited Cubs, Yanks. Chicago Cubs. Had the Cubs not dealt Soriano for Black then and there, it's likely Soriano would still be with the Cubs. He had a no-trade clause, liked Chicago, and it pretty much required a trip back to the Bronx for him to be willing to leave. Soriano had a solid campaign in , and the Cubs might well have been a better team in had the trade not happened. Had it not happened, Junior Lake would have probably had fewer at-bats after his July call-up which pre-dated the Soriano trade, but likely not the serious discussions.

Lake getting an honest trial was one of the better things about the season. Having Soriano and Lake in the lineup might well have made September less miserable. For people who are all about approaching every game with the sanctity of a religious rite, then trading Soriano, Garza, and others was wrong.

That view is becoming less prevalent in major-league ball now, for better and worse. The Commissioner's office seems to care far less about that than the ticket-avoiding public does.

Having Soriano around in would make the team look far more like a highs victory club than the current roster does. Again, the "sanctity of winning" fans will probably never like this trade. Probably ever. Late in the week, Soriano noted that could be his last season.

While I have no doubt that Soriano will give it his all this season, whether he returns in , even floating the retirement idea entirely would have cratered his trade value. Baltimore was in the race, and wanted Soriano. However, they knew it was a pure rental in all likelihood, what sort of value could be extracted for a guy the opponent already knows is contemplating retirement?

You might not be a fan of Corey Black , Black as a starter, or even the rebuild in general. Any of those positions is perfectly fine. To gamble on Black having even a 5 WAR career would bring you nice odds. However, the front office has decided that acquiring a solid pitching staff, whether by trade or the draft, is about numbers.

Numbers on the radar gun, number of above-average offerings per arm, and about numbers of pitchers available with those above average arms. Put in a different way, if you would decide to trade Black, Dan Vogelbach, and Arismendy Alcantara for a cost-controlled pitcher on this Tuesday, do you think you would get a better major league starting pitcher than you would get on the same day for Vogelbach, Alcantara and Soriano? He is a seven-time All-Star and made his major league debut with the Yankees in Sveum was told an hour ago to pull Soriano from lineup because deal is close.

Sveum also had this to say to media questions about what he was told when asked to remove Soriano from the lineup:. Sveum's understanding is Soriano deal with Yankees is 99 percent done. Over the course of the next few hours, reports continued to come across that the deal was nearing completion. Carrie Muskat of MLB. According to ESPN. I sure don't. I am tired of the Cubs paying people to just go away when they don't have an actual replacement for the player.

If the Cubs brain trust can find someone who is willing to pay his salary, then by all means trade him. By that I mean someone who is willing to pay at least 50 percent of his remaining contract. What do you think Cubs' fans?

Should the Cubs trade Soriano regardless of how much salary they have to eat?