I'm pretty sure I'm on record about this somewhere, but I never liked Soriano's little hop when he catches the ball in left, and while this isn't an I-told-you-so, he's apparently pulled a Bill Gramatica on us.
For all I know, as I write this, he could end up being day-to-day. But maybe he misses a couple weeks. We survived last August, but I'd rather this not end up being a pattern with the $136-million man, wouldn't you? This is a guy who played in fewer than 156 games just once prior to coming to Chicago (145 in his first year with Texas); last year he only managed 135. Not a promising start, time-wise. Yeah, he still hit 33 home runs (thanks to clubbing what, 14 in September?), and missing 30 games is probably not a big deal if you produce in October (although he didn't, not that anyone else did), but this guy was signed to be the missing piece. So far there's been an awful lot of time where he's just been... missing.
On the bright side, is there any way this means Matt Murton could get some playing time in left? Surely they have to call up an outfielder if Soriano misses much of any time, right? Can this please happen? At the very least it could be a good audition for a trade, since right now we're kind of burying his value.
In other news, can Michael Wuertz please get his head screwed back on? Five pitches, one for a home run and the next four balls? Brilliant. Wasn't this guy lights-out until this weekend?
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