08-21-2009, 10:41 AM
<!--quoteo(post=59239:date=Aug 21 2009, 09:37 AM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Aug 21 2009, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=59236:date=Aug 21 2009, 10:28 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Aug 21 2009, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=59233:date=Aug 21 2009, 09:25 AM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Aug 21 2009, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=59229:date=Aug 21 2009, 10:14 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Aug 21 2009, 10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Whoever is our GM in the offseason needs to seriously consider unloading Soriano's contract onto whatever team will have him. For the sake of the future, and even if it costs us a ton of money, you can't count on this guy for anything resembling consistency, and he needs to be on another team, preferably in the AL.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
We'd have to eat 90% of his contract. I'd be shocked if anyone even wanted him.
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I don't think it would be anywhere near 90%. We may get stuck with him, but there are still a ton of people in MLB who are fooled by Soriano and would want him at the right cost.
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My 90% was an exaggeration, but I sincerely believe we'd have to pick up 75% or more. Soriano will earn $18 M per year through 2014. So essentially Soriano now has a 5 yr / $90 M deal. At a minimum I think we'd have to pick up $70 M of that which is 77%. I cannot think of anyone that would even be interested now with the season he's had. Our only hope is that he start of hot next year and we can trade him before he tanks.
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50-60% sounds more reasonable to me, but whatever, it would still have to be a massive chunk. The bottom line is, would you be saving anything by cutting your losses and reducing your liability by 40-50% ? Possibly, but then it depends on who we'd have to replace him with and how much he would cost.
We'd have to eat 90% of his contract. I'd be shocked if anyone even wanted him.
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I don't think it would be anywhere near 90%. We may get stuck with him, but there are still a ton of people in MLB who are fooled by Soriano and would want him at the right cost.
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My 90% was an exaggeration, but I sincerely believe we'd have to pick up 75% or more. Soriano will earn $18 M per year through 2014. So essentially Soriano now has a 5 yr / $90 M deal. At a minimum I think we'd have to pick up $70 M of that which is 77%. I cannot think of anyone that would even be interested now with the season he's had. Our only hope is that he start of hot next year and we can trade him before he tanks.
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50-60% sounds more reasonable to me, but whatever, it would still have to be a massive chunk. The bottom line is, would you be saving anything by cutting your losses and reducing your liability by 40-50% ? Possibly, but then it depends on who we'd have to replace him with and how much he would cost.