Can somebody explain to me how playing LF would make him more valuable? He's a good hitting 2B, but as an OF, he's hardly special. It's not that hard to find a decent OF bat, it is hard to find a good 2B bat. If he was a utility man, I could see the flexibility as something that could add to his value. But his next team is not going to be paying him to be a utility man. They are going to pay him because of what he did as an everyday middle infield. If he gets 10-12m per in a multi-year deal, he'd be highly overpaid as a OF. I was going to ask the same thing. Vance and I were discussing that a while back. I just don't see it. I kind of think Soriano is justified in his demands. i don't remember him approving the trade in the first place and then the new team (which he has no loyalty to whatsoever at this point) asks him to give up a couple million dollars in FA by changing position? He hasn't handled it very well, but he could have a legitimate gripe. When that team is paying you 10mil, you do have to have some sort of loyalty.