soriano trade

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Nats - Acquired Soriano
Washington Nationals - Acquired 2B Alfonso Soriano from the Texas Rangers for OF Brad Wilkerson, OF Termel Sledge, and a player to be named.

Wow, this is an awful trade for the Nats. Soriano's terrible at 2nd, they already have Vidro, and in the outfield, he's not really any better than Brad Wilkerson as a hitter. Plus, they get to pay a lot of money for the one year of Soriano they get. W00t.

Now, one can argue that the Rangers still need a 2B, but given the leather they had there in 2005, they needed a 2B anyway. Thumbs up for the Rangers. If they can now land Scott Baker for Blalock, that'll be one nice week of general managerization.

2006 ZiPS Projections
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Player        AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB    BA   OBP   SLG
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Sledge       351  40   94  18  5  14  55  37  58   2  .268  .337  .467
Soriano      640  85  159  35  3  27  79  35 130  24  .248  .295  .439
Wilkerson    554  99  155  44  4  24 102  94 148   9  .280  .387  .504