WOULD YOU TRADE FOR ALFONSO SORIANO?

So it turns out that the Chicago Cubs are willing to trade Alfonso Soriano and not only that, they’d even pay for a chunk of his contract. Read about it HERE. Alfonso Soriano has a contract that goes until 2014 with the Cubs. He’s a former second basemen turned outfielder and is currently a left fielder with the Cubs. He is owed $54 million. So the question is, if the Cubs are willing to unload Soriano and pay for most of his salary, and you were the Yankees GM, would it be tempted to bring Alfonso Soriano back to the Bronx? There are definitely Pros and Cons to Soriano.

The Pros: He can be a home run hitter, he’s a decent fielder and bringing the guy back to the Yankees would be like old times, except George Steinbrenner isn’t around this time to try and trade him away if he were to blow it in the big game, or a playoff.

The Cons: Soriano strikes out a lot. In 13 seasons, he's struck out over 11o times 10 seasons. Secondly, I'm not so sure he'd want to play second fiddle to an already excellent outfield made up of Brett Gardner, Curtis Granderson and Nick Swisher.GGS has had an excellent season and an excellent chemistry together and there’s no reason to break up the band for Soriano, but, again, if you were the GM, what would you do? Would you try and trade away Nick Swisher? Would you try and move Gardner? Would you sign Soriano and have him ride the bench as our Designated Hitter and part time outfielder? Soriano is also 35 years old, older than our other outfielders. Finally, just so you can put it in perspective, last season, Soriano batted .244 with 26 home runs. Gardner batted .259 and 7 home runs, Granderson had 41 home runs and batted .262 and Swish had 23 home runs and batted .260.

So, tell me… would you leave it alone and go after starting pitching... something the Yankees desperately need? Let me know what you think, comment.

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