Soriano Back In The Bronx

I agree with that last part. I wanted ARod to be one of those all-time greats for the Yanks but 10 years later it seems like he was more of a headache.

I liked Soriano during his Yankee days. If nothing else the Yanks have a right-handed HR threat again. What's the stat? I think the Yanks have hit 2 right-handed homers since late May.

 

My gut tells me that Soriano is going to get a huge ovation tonight or whenever he shows up. Aroid will not get the same
if and when he returns.

 

I can agree with you on that. I think like Xan said, I wanted A-Rod to become a legendary Yankee, but there's just no around the fact that his, I don't know, obliviousness and cheating have cost him any kind of a positive legacy. He was a joy to watch in 2007 and even moreso in the 2009 postseason, but I'm definitely fatigued with all the crap surrounding him.

 

Versatile, I'm not disagreeing with your point A-Rod is better than Soriano, but I have to point out that this season, his WAR is a negative number, since his replacements, who suck, have at least done SOMETHING out there.

 

Impressive 52 WAR. And give A-Rod his 2009 postseason run of .370 (19-52) with 6 HR and 18 RBIs.

Then you take into account the rest of his Yankee playoff days:

.160 (19 for 117) with 4 HR, 15 RBIs in 45 games.

Code:

                                                                                          
Year     Tm Series  Opp Rslt  G  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS  TB
2004    NYY   ALDS  MIN    W  4  21  19  3  8  3  0  1   3  2  1 .421 .476  .737 1.213  14
2004    NYY   ALCS  BOS    L  7  37  31  8  8  2  0  2   5  4  6 .258 .378  .516  .895  16
2005    NYY   ALDS  LAA    L  5  23  15  2  2  1  0  0   0  6  5 .133 .435  .200  .635   3
2006    NYY   ALDS  DET    L  4  15  14  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  4 .071 .133  .071  .205   1
2007    NYY   ALDS  CLE    L  4  17  15  2  4  0  0  1   1  2  6 .267 .353  .467  .820   7
                                                                                          
2009    NYY   ALDS  MIN    W  3  12  11  4  5  0  0  2   6  1  2 .455 .500 1.000 1.500  11
2009    NYY   ALCS  LAA    W  6  30  21  6  9  2  0  3   6  8  3 .429 .567  .952 1.519  20
2009    NYY     WS  PHI    W  6  26  20  5  5  3  0  1   6  3  8 .250 .423  .550  .973  11
2010    NYY   ALDS  MIN    W  3  13  11  1  3  0  0  0   1  1  2 .273 .308  .273  .580   3
2010    NYY   ALCS  TEX    L  6  25  21  4  4  2  0  0   2  3  4 .190 .320  .286  .606   6
2011    NYY   ALDS  DET    L  5  23  18  1  2  0  0  0   3  4  6 .111 .261  .111  .372   2
2012    NYY   ALDS  BAL    W  4  18  16  1  2  0  0  0   0  2  9 .125 .222  .125  .347   2
2012    NYY   ALCS  DET    L  3   9   9  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3 .111 .111  .111  .222   1
11 Yrs (18 Series)           75 326 274 43 72 16  0 13  41 39 75 .263 .369  .464  .833 127
                              G  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS  TB
11 ALDS                      40 173 149 16 36  5  0  5  17 18 42 .242 .331  .376  .707  56
6 ALCS                       29 127 105 22 31  8  0  7  18 18 25 .295 .409  .571  .981  60
1 WS                          6  26  20  5  5  3  0  1   6  3  8 .250 .423  .550  .973  11

 

For the WAR numbers. It's about fit. A rod never fit as a Yankee and Soriano
did.

 

Can somebody tell me who the Cubs are getting and is he a prospect or a nothing?

 

Class A pitcher who throws 97 with a good curve.

 

3 for 28 doesn't cut it, but come on, we're talking the Cubs here against one of the greatest collections of players the last 10 years.

That being said, Soriano hit .230 (34 for 146) with 4 HR and 18 RBIs during his Yankee playoff days.

 

One if you count 2000 when he did get a ring. But if you don't count 2000
none but did make it to WS two of the three years which he was a primary
player.

 

Actually, I missed yours.

You were saying he should have hit more home runs playing in Wrigley Field, whereas I thought you were minimizing the accomplishment of hitting 30 home runs while playing in Wrigley Field.

My bad.

 

Cory Black was their fourth-round pick last year. Big arm, some control issues. If he gets to the majors it will be as a reliever. Probably ranked between 20-30th in Yankees system depending on what list you look at.