for the $18 million per season they are paying him over the next 7 years, i'm not really sure he's putting up numbers that correspond to that salary level. I think the biggest problem is, Lou Piniella does not know where to bat Soriano in the line-up. Batting him lead off gets him hits and solo home runs, but not a lot of RBI's. As it stands now, on Sept . 20th, with 9 games left in the season, Soriano has played in 127 Games, 544 At Bats, 89 Runs, 159 Hits, 38 Doubles, 5 Triples, 28 HR's, 59 RBI's, and batting, .292. His numbers aren't terrible. But for a guy who they are basically making their franchise player and paying him all that money, I don't see 28 HR's and 59 RBI's as big numbers. I would've thought the Cubs wanted to see numbers more in the range of 40 HR - 120-130 RBI's. What happened to all of his RBI's? and HR's? Isn't Wrigley Field a hitters ballpark and Homer ballpark, look at all the HR hitters who played there, Ernie Banks, Sandberg, Sosa.
2007-09-20
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