Imagine: 2009 minus Soriano

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I dont think we ever really stood a chance at Carlos Lee (I would have preferred him too). Wasn't Houston his offseason home?
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Didn't he sign for 4/48? What if we threw 5/60 his way? I think he'd be a Cub right now. Hendry likes his 5-tool guys, though...
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6/100, 5/60 would have been laughed at.

Edit: So he is getting essentially the same $/year that Soriano is.
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I thought he got way less from the Astros. Yes, of course 5/60 would've been laughed at since he got 6/100. But I thought 5/60 would've been higher than what he got. I was wrong.

Those extra two years of Soriano are going to be fucking painful while Carlos Lee will be some other team's problem during his years in decline.