Its awfully quiet ...

[jersey cubs fan]

Fair enough. I have my doubts as well, but it's not unreasonable to think that Colvin could be close to Soriano's equal over the next few seasons, and the 7 or 8 million we could theoretically save could be put to better use. I personally think Soriano is essentially untradeable.

 

In the end it may just make the most sense to work Colvin into a platoon situation with Soriano and when push comes to shove just release Soriano in a year or two. Given the timing of his most recent slump I'm not sure you can trade him now without eating the majority of the money, which is just kind of pointless.