LOL he has how many at bats outside of the leadoff spot this year?20-30 maybe? That has to be the most irrelevant argument Ive seen in awile. He has 29 AB's outside of the leadoff spot. If you take anything from those stats, then that says it all right there. Yeah it's a small sample size, but it's better than looking at his numbers from five years ago. Let me ask you this... how many at bats out of the lead off slot would you like to see this year before you make a decision? I dont have an exact number, but I know its a lot more than 29 AB's. I mean if we take anything from 29 AB's then Chris Shelton was the best hitter in baseball last year. Let me ask you this...With the way Soriano is hitting right now, do you honestly think if we put him down at 3-5 hes going to stop hitting? We're not just looking at 29 at bats this year. This isn't the first time that Soriano has been better leading off. This isn't that hard to understand. And to answer your question... yes. Well, he won't completely stop hitting. But I'd bet money that he would drop off. He's a very sensitive player, we've seen that last year with Washington, and this year playing center vs. playing left.