Interesting take on the Soriano trade (which I feel more good about this morning than I did last night). The writer of this article says “Washington fans, you got ripped off”, as well as saying that Soriano for Wilkerson straight up would have been a bad deal on it’s own.
Check out the article over at baseballmusings.com. I’m not sure if I agree with the straight up being bad remark, but it does kind of feel like we got away with more than we should have with three guys coming back. Especially as you know Soriano won’t be happy playing the outfield, and he’ll only be a Nat for 2006.
I’ll be curious to see how this move (getting two OF back) changes our own OF situation, as we essentially have Mench in left, Matthews/Nix in center and nobody in right. Don’t think Mark DeRosa is the answer there, although he did play fairly well at the end of the season out there. I really would rather not trade Mench – I’d much rather us trade Matthews, although I don’t really want to do that, either.
There’s also a poll on the ESPN site where you’re asked questions about the trade. Given the nature of some of the questions asked, it appears like it was angled from a Nationals fan standpoint. Check it out.