the Cubs for the next 8 years or whatever his contract is, I know it's huge, 130-140 million. He wound up with 33 HR's, only 70 RBI's, batted .299 and had 173 hits. I understand why Piniella bats him lead-off, to get the team started, etc, and he had plenty of lead-off Home Runs this season. It seems like he had like 15-20 lead off HR's and he finished the season very strong. But for a player who is making this kinda money, you really want to see him hit 45-50 HR's and have 130-150 RBI's. They really need to bat him clean-up next year, or 3rd. Piniella was switching him around in the line-up in the beginning of the season, because Soriano wasn't producing, but he realized that he should keep him batting lead-off when the Cubs started to win. I would grade the Cubs season as a "B". They made the playoffs, so that is always nice, but lost in the first round. Piniella's season would be also graded a "B" for the same reasons, however, I would grade Soriano at like a C+ or B-
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