Alfonso Soriano

The Chicago Cubs need offense. Their top prospect, first baseman Anthony Rizzo, has a .351 batting average with 16 home runs and a .415 on-base percentage (OBP) in 174 at-bats for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs in 2012. Rizzo has a 1.116 on-base plus slugging ...  

He is due to make somewhere around $50 million over the remainder of his contract. The Cubs are currently paying Carlos Zambrano and Marlon Byrd to play elsewhere. They are paying over $20 million for those two to play for Miami and Boston, respectively.  

MILWAUKEE — Cubs manager Dale Sveum recently persuaded Alfonso Soriano to switch to a lighter bat. And as the at-bats pile up without ... Sveum said he understands ‘‘those are harder things to get over than people think.’’  

Alfonso Soriano still has enough pain in his left knee every day that he might wind up ... Kerry Wood singled out Soriano for that behind-the-scenes toughness as he looked back on the trials and travails of his own career. ``I've got respect for guys ...  

For as many complaints as we have all had about Alfonso Soriano continuing to play on what is obviously a bad leg -- and it hurt the Cubs again defensively Tuesday -- I'm sure every Cubs fan was happy he was in the lineup in the ninth inning, when he hit his first home run of the season. Yes, at last, Soriano has as many home runs as Albert Pujols! It didn't matter, as Rafael Dolis couldn't hold the tie score in the ninth inning and...  

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - David DeJesus fell a home run shy of the cycle and Alfonso Soriano went 3-for-3 ... Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - David DeJesus fell a home run shy of the cycle and Alfonso Soriano went 3-for-3 with two RBI as Chicago ...  

After Starlin Castro struck out, Bryan LaHair was walked intentionally before Soriano hit a full-count pitch off second baseman Tyler Greene and into the outfield. Campana scored easily to give the Cubs their second consecutive dramatic victory ...  

Washington Nationals Game 34 Review: Votto slams Nats with walk-off homer ...District Sports PageThe game was delayed for over three hours due to a steady rain that fell in the Cincinnati area overnight, continued into the morning, and just kept on falling throughout the game. Maybe now the Nats wish they went ahead and called it.Joey Votto hits 3 HRs, including 9th-inning grand slam that gives Reds 9-6 win ...Washington Postall 3 news...  

CHICAGO -- Maybe Alfonso Soriano can teach Albert Pujols a thing or two. [+] Enlarge Jerry Lai/US PresswireAlfonso Soriano hit his second home run in as many games on Wednesday. Yes, that Soriano. And yes, that Pujols. After finally delivering ...  

LF Alfonso Soriano hit his first home run of the season to tie ... He joined Phil Cavarretta (1945), Bill Buckner (1981) and Derrek Lee (2007) as Cubs first baseman since World War II with on-base streaks of 32 games. --RHP Mike MacDougal signed a minor ...  

Stephen Strasburg hit his first major league home run and struck out eight in five innings to carry the Washington Nationals past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Sunday. At Washington, Strasburg sent an 0-2 pitch from Wei-Yin Chen into the Baltimore bullpen in ...  

Bryce Harper hit his first big league home run and Chad Tracy and Xavier Nady each connected in the eighth inning, leading the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night.  

David DeJesus fell a home run shy of the cycle and Alfonso Soriano went 3-for-3 with two RBI as Chicago slipped by Los Angeles, 5-4. in the opener of a three-game weekend set from Wrigley Field. DeJesus finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored ...  

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his third home run of the game, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a rain-delayed 9-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday. Votto hit solo homers in his first two at-bats ...  

Alfonso Soriano hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning ... The Cubs outrighted RHP Rodrigo Lopez to Triple-A Iowa. Lopez was designated for assignment when RHP Michael Bowden was added to the 25-man roster on Monday. ... Bowden made his Cubs ...