By VORP, he was the best offensive player on the Cubs last year. Add in a healthy Lee, another Aramis season, and an improved season from Murton and I think the offense will be significantly improved. doesn't VORP measure how much above the actual guy that would replace you? in other words, isn't he using how much better Soriano is than Church to say he wasn't a top 35 player? Actually, it measures value against a hypothetical replacement player by position. So Soriano's VORP was measured against a replacement LF last year. This year, his production will be measured against a replacement CF, giving him a substantial boost in value. even so, seems a pretty narrow method of determining that he wasn't a top 32 offensive player.