05-20-2010, 04:24 AM
<b>Thank God the national media never talks about Soriano's contract.</b><i></i>
Acutally, early on in the season (when Soriano wasn't hitting and made a couple aggregious erors), I read articles on several national websites talking about Soriano's immovable contract. Just saying... not going to go back and find the links, but they're there to be found.
The trade for Silva was predicated on the notion that he was deemed healthy again and doing winter work. I read that in a few articles at the time. With Silva at or near 100% and having a reputation for being friendly & coachable, it was a good deal. Now, of course, we see how good it was. Silva's going to give up hits, he's going to occasionally walk guys, but with decent defense behind him he's a quality starter. We're the recipients of perhaps his best string of starts ever... and there's no reason to think he won't continue to be effective. If he even goes .500 from here on out and doesn't get injured, he'll be a 15 game winner. Great trade by JH!
Acutally, early on in the season (when Soriano wasn't hitting and made a couple aggregious erors), I read articles on several national websites talking about Soriano's immovable contract. Just saying... not going to go back and find the links, but they're there to be found.
The trade for Silva was predicated on the notion that he was deemed healthy again and doing winter work. I read that in a few articles at the time. With Silva at or near 100% and having a reputation for being friendly & coachable, it was a good deal. Now, of course, we see how good it was. Silva's going to give up hits, he's going to occasionally walk guys, but with decent defense behind him he's a quality starter. We're the recipients of perhaps his best string of starts ever... and there's no reason to think he won't continue to be effective. If he even goes .500 from here on out and doesn't get injured, he'll be a 15 game winner. Great trade by JH!
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