Alfonso Soriano

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GAVol

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Is anybody following this saga?

I'm not sure how I feel about him refusing to take the field as an outfielder, but what in the heck were the Nationals thinking trading for a guy making $10 million a year without knowing for sure whether he would be agreeable or able to change positions?? :wacko:
 
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I saw where they were going to put him on the DQ list if he didn't change positions... how would that work? Is that the MLB equivalent to Keyshawning a player for the season?
 
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That's the way I understand it.

At first I thought Soriano was at fault here, but the more I hear about this, the Nationals screwed the pooch on this one. Here's a guy who has tried to play LF for the Yankees and Rangers and been a complete flop both times. Everybody knows he hates it, so why go pick up a player that you know you have no position for??

 
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i dont think he is a bad team player because of this i think that he grew up playing middle infield and thats where he is comfortable and he is one of the best players in the leauge the man just doesnt want to play left field plain and simple i dont see them askink Jose Vidro to move to left field im tired of hearing sports casters saying he is a bad team player now because he wont play left field for Frank Robinson
 
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(milohimself @ Mar 22 said:
Correction... He is a very good hitter, he is terrible at fielding.
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Dan Patrick said it best yesterday when he said that the Nationals had gone out and traded for a great Designated Hitter that they can't use.
 
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(milohimself @ Mar 22 said:
Correction... He is a very good hitter, he is terrible at fielding.
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I HEARD THAT HE WAS #1 LAST YEAR FOR ERRORS BY A SECOND BASEMAN.
 
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He's got almost twice as many errors in the past 5 years as any other 2nd baseman in MLB, but he's probably even worse in Left Field.
 
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Well . . . now it seems that Alf has decided to give in and play Left Field. I guess the threat of losing $10 million was enough to make him overcome the embarassment of playing LF.
 
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(GAVol @ Mar 22 said:
Well . . . now it seems that Alf has decided to give in and play Left Field. I guess the threat of losing $10 million was enough to make him overcome the embarassment of playing LF.
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Maybe he can actually play this position. How he's making more money than the winner of Publisher's Clearinghouse, I have no idea.
 
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glad he decided to play. what a joke. for $10,000,0000, i'd do just about anything mgmt told me to.

suck it up son, and play the freakin' game.
 
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(GAVol @ Mar 22 said:
Well . . . now it seems that Alf has decided to give in and play Left Field. I guess the threat of losing $10 million was enough to make him overcome the embarassment of playing LF.
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Well. He gets his 10 million and the Nats get destroyed in left field.
 
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(milohimself @ Mar 23 said:
Well. He gets his 10 million and the Nats get destroyed in left field.
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It's not as if LF is shortstop. Greg Luzinski, Keith Moreland, Nick Esasky, and Kal Daniels all played the position, it can't be that difficult.
 
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I can understand why he was hesitant. Regardless of his defense, a guy with his offensive numbers is infinitely more valuable on the open market as a 2nd basemen vs. the Outfield.
 
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