Alfonso Soriano

Cubs GM Jed Hoyer joined "The Carmen, Jurko & Harry Show" and discussed Alfonso Soriano, Matt Garza and driving his dog to spring training. "I think that's unlikely (that he'll start the season with another team)," Hoyer said on "The Carmen ...  

They shipped out troublesome former ace Carlos Zambrano, let top hitter Aramis Ramirez leave in free agency and decided against bringing back power hitter Carlos Pena. So what do the Cubs do with the big-ticket holdover they couldn’t move this winter? They bat Alfonso Soriano cleanup, of course. This could be where the Cubs’ winter of disconnect-from-the-past takes...  

Theo Epstein, Steve Rosenbloom of the Chicago Tribune has a deal for you to make. And Dave Dombrowski, that deal involves you. In Rosenbloom’s blog post on Thursday, he presents the idea of sending Alfonso Soriano and Matt Garza to the Tigers.  

Twitter, Trib Rogers insinuating Soriano-Roberts? @ChiTribRogers Phil Rogers Alfonso Soriano talks between #Cubs and #Orioles go back to winter mtgs, at least. Would Soriano and Brian Roberts waive no-trades? followed by @ChiTribRogers Phil Rogers Darwin Barney doesn't really block Roberts' acquisition. He could go back to Triple-A for 2012, a loss for him but not Cubs' inventory. I went to Cotts and found this about Roberts Brian...  

The Carlos Zambrano trade was quite unique in that it was not a double salary dump like Milton Bradley/Carlos Silva or Todd Hundley/Eric Karros-Mark Grudzielanek trade in that 'Z' had one year remaining where in the above examples there were multiple years or multiple players of compensation equivalencies. I think with Alfonso Soriano the probability is greater for a 'my bad-for your bad' contract deal. In developing a potential list of 'my...