Soriano to undergo knee surgery

[abuck1220]

Ok, stat boys keep track of our winning percentage without soriano and let us know. It should be pretty obvious

 

yeah, you nerds with your math, spelling and proper grammar. suck on that.

[Hall7810]

Surgery is scheduled for Tue.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

Glad to see he is getting this over with, I may be a rare person here who thinks Soriano still has plenty left in the tank and would not be surprised to see him bounce back in the 5th or 6th spot with a .275/.325/.540 line and drive in 90-100 runs. Hope we can get more than 3 or 4 productive seasons out of Sori from here on out just to help the look of the contract but he does not seem to be aging as well as Hendry predicted.

[jersey cubs fan]

Glad to see he is getting this over with, I may be a rare person here who thinks Soriano still has plenty left in the tank and would not be surprised to see him bounce back in the 5th or 6th spot with a .275/.325/.540 line and drive in 90-100 runs. Hope we can get more than 3 or 4 productive seasons out of Sori from here on out just to help the look of the contract but he does not seem to be aging as well as Hendry predicted.

 

I think we'll be lucky to get 2 more good seasons out of Soriano at this point. 3-4 would be a surprise to me.

[SouthSideRyan]

Glad to see he is getting this over with, I may be a rare person here who thinks Soriano still has plenty left in the tank and would not be surprised to see him bounce back in the 5th or 6th spot with a .275/.325/.540 line and drive in 90-100 runs. Hope we can get more than 3 or 4 productive seasons out of Sori from here on out just to help the look of the contract but he does not seem to be aging as well as Hendry predicted.

 

I think we'll be lucky to get 2 more good seasons out of Soriano at this point. 3-4 would be a surprise to me.

 

It all depends on how much you think his knee has affected his performance. He's already improved his approach with a walk rate this year similar to the career best he put up in Washington. Assuming no knee relapses, I'm expecting '07-'08 levels for a few years.

[jersey cubs fan]

Glad to see he is getting this over with, I may be a rare person here who thinks Soriano still has plenty left in the tank and would not be surprised to see him bounce back in the 5th or 6th spot with a .275/.325/.540 line and drive in 90-100 runs. Hope we can get more than 3 or 4 productive seasons out of Sori from here on out just to help the look of the contract but he does not seem to be aging as well as Hendry predicted.

 

I think we'll be lucky to get 2 more good seasons out of Soriano at this point. 3-4 would be a surprise to me.

 

It all depends on how much you think his knee has affected his performance. He's already improved his approach with a walk rate this year similar to the career best he put up in Washington. Assuming no knee relapses, I'm expecting '07-'08 levels for a few years.

 

I have no idea why you would. He'll be 34 this offseason has recurring leg problems a horrible approach at the plate and he's a terribly inconsistent player. In his age 34, 35 and 36 seasons I hope we can get 2 years close to those 07/08 years but with some missed time. As for his age 37 and 38 seasons, all bets are off. You're most likely getting sub-100 OPS+ by then.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

Overall I do not disagree that we will be lucky to get '07 and '08 production from Soriano again, but what some people are making it sound like is that the Cubs are going to get a guy who puts up numbers like Soriano did this year the rest of his career. My point with that is I believe Sori can put up a .800-.850 OPS for the next 3 or 4 seasons. This season was attrocious and it is obvious he was hurt. I believe from 34-37 Soriano can avg. .275/25+HRs/75+ RBI's... Yes his contract is outrageous, but if he can produce close to '07 and '08 for the next 3 years or so than I am not really that concerned.

 

He is however terrible defensively and losing his speed so I am not saying he will be the impact player he once was, but should be a decent bat in the bottom half of the order for the Cubs. Now we just need to hope the Cubs can develop some prospects to contribute everyday to balance out the payroll.

[jersey cubs fan]

Yes his contract is outrageous, but if he can produce close to '07 and '08 for the next 3 years or so than I am not really that concerned.

 

Yeah, if he can do that then there is little reason to be concerned, but I'd be very concerned about whether or not he can do that. I don't think he will for three straight years.

 

I'm not predicting he'll be as bad as he's been this year, .241/.303/.423 with an 85 OPS+ but an 900 OPS is going to be a disappointment (especially since his is a OBP starved OPS) and I could easily see him in the high 700 for 2 of the next 5 years (and maybe 3).