Posted by 4949:

Yeah, but as it turns out, Soriano didn't really add up to much in Texas or scrub land either.

But at that time Soriano was a young borderline 40/40 player and we could have probably gotten an ace pitcher or 2 very good starters or dozens of prospects for him.

Or is there something in the contract I don't know about?

Yeah, a no-trade clause. Basically, when the Yankees had Soriano, they pulled an Isiah (i.e., they starphucked)

And if he opts out, then it's gotta be goodbye. There's no way you can give him a $300 mil contract that pays him until he's around 42.

Thought I'd take another peek before I hit the pillow. I don't think I can stand another huge contract with him. At least if he opts out, we don't owe him a thing. But he could torture us and stay afterall. It is kind of strange how hardly anyone responds to my posts either, in which case I wonder why I stick around. My polls seems to have more success. I think I hurt a lot of feelings around here. There's so much love for Isiah. Sheeeesh! We'll see what A-rod does. Notice I put rod in lower case? I tend to minimize someone's name, when I'm dissapointed in them. That means for him to get his capital R back, he's gonna have to come through big for us. This will be his goal. Get his capital R back.