August 17, 200619 yr I don't want Soriano, and many smart fans wouldn't either. If the Marlins get him he'll just be traded for grade A draft picks if you know what I mean. Main reason why he didn't last with Washington was because he didn't want to change positions, what makes you think he would want to move to CF? Even though he is currently playing there for the nationals doesn't mean he wants to go elsewhere to do it, I don't want to move Uggla!! He's playing LF unless my eyes are playing tricks on me again, and leading the league in outfield assists unless my ears are up to their old tricks. I'm not saying he plays a nice LF, but he does have a hell of an arm and a hell of a bat. The Marlins can absolutely afford to pay him whatever it takes to keep him around. In my estimation the organization stands to take in more money from the "Competitive balance/luxury tax" than they spent on payroll this season. I'm not the CFO, but I have a hunch that there is some money laying around. I'm up for making that deal happen. If there was an offer on the table and we didn't make it, I say BOOOOOOO! My only stipulation would be that if Ricky Nolasco were in the deal it would have to be a three way deal in which he would go to the Dodgers.
August 17, 200619 yr I don't want Soriano, and many smart fans wouldn't either. If the Marlins get him he'll just be traded for grade A draft picks if you know what I mean. Main reason why he didn't last with Washington was because he didn't want to change positions, what makes you think he would want to move to CF? Even though he is currently playing there for the nationals doesn't mean he wants to go elsewhere to do it, I don't want to move Uggla!! He's playing LF unless my eyes are playing tricks on me again, and leading the league in outfield assists unless my ears are up to their old tricks. I'm not saying he plays a nice LF, but he does have a hell of an arm and a hell of a bat. The Marlins can absolutely afford to pay him whatever it takes to keep him around. In my estimation the organization stands to take in more money from the "Competitive balance/luxury tax" than they spent on payroll this season. I'm not the CFO, but I have a hunch that there is some money laying around. I'm up for making that deal happen. If there was an offer on the table and we didn't make it, I say BOOOOOOO! My only stipulation would be that if Ricky Nolasco were in the deal it would have to be a three way deal in which he would go to the Dodgers. Revenue sharing transfers. Every team is taxed ~30% of their local revenues. It is distributed amongst the 15 lowest in local revenues with the lowest gaining the most. Luxury tax payments are earmarked for the MLB central office.
August 18, 200619 yr Any more word about the potential trade. Alfonso Soriano would be a great addition to the Marlins
August 18, 200619 yr If the Marlins were gonna trade for Soriano, they should have done it three weeks ago. The Marlins shouldn't do it now. What they need is bullpen arms if they were really gonna get serious about the wildcard. The offense hasn't been a problem, but the bullpen except for Tankersley and Borowski is downright awful. Soriano makes the team better from Day #1 if they got him, but they still wouldn't make the playoffs with the bullpen they have.
August 18, 200619 yr If the Marlins were gonna trade for Soriano, they should have done it three weeks ago. The Marlins shouldn't do it now. What they need is bullpen arms if they were really gonna get serious about the wildcard. The offense hasn't been a problem, but the bullpen except for Tankersley and Borowski is downright awful. Soriano makes the team better from Day #1 if they got him, but they still wouldn't make the playoffs with the bullpen they have. Production from the CF position has been suspect all year, and adding another bat to the lineup gives them more depth (within the game as well). Rather than potentially having an inning like: Olivo, Abercrombie, pitcher (in which you are almost guaranteed 2 outs somewhere), you can slide Olivo to 8th and put a good hitter at 7th to avoid one of those nasty innings (note that this is not a slight against Olivo). While bullpen help would be appreciated, it's very obvious that the club wants to work with who they have right now. In terms of CF, with the lack of playing time for Reggie--and the obvious fact that Amezaga is NOT a suitable starter, the team would probably be more willing to trade/acquire an outfielder than a pitcher (which aren't really avialable anyway) By the way, the Fish need to jump on this NOW if they do...because with the 4th worst record, they would have pretty much first crack at Soriano in the order of claiming players. If they wait a few days, they may pass some other teams that could potentially peddle Alfonso from the Nats.
August 18, 200619 yr The Marlins should jump on this deal, like I said before it takes a powerful player from a divison rival, that is positive in itself.
August 18, 200619 yr The Nationals are hardly rivaling anyone for anything over the rest of Soriano's tenure with the club
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