NikkiSixx wrote:Great fantasy player, good real life player
Fantasy- Yup Real Life- Nope
He is a very good hitter with elite speed and a strong arm. I think that qualifies him as a good player.
Joey Gathright has "elite" speed. A strong arm? Maybe, but how much of a player's value does this really determine? Methinks not much. As for his hitting, his power blinds people to the fact that his lack of plate discipline severely limits his production at the plate. Soriano may be a boon to fantasy owners, but he is one of the most overrated players in real life, especially considering his salary.
NikkiSixx wrote:Last year when I told you he was rumored to go to the Astros in a trade you were ecstatic...Why? Because he is a good player.
Why was I ecstatic? Because the Astros offense was, how you say....terrible!
I don't discount the fact that Soriano has some very useful skills. He has a great blend of power and speed. Something needed to be done to boost the offense, and Soriano would have been an improvement over several guys in the lineup.
As for him being a good player. The OBP, K/BB, the defense is just too terrible.
And as for him being a good defensive OF, he leads all OF with 5 errors with Carlos Lee being in second with 4.
NikkiSixx wrote:Last year when I told you he was rumored to go to the Astros in a trade you were ecstatic...Why? Because he is a good player.
Why was I ecstatic? Because the Astros offense was, how you say....terrible!
I don't discount the fact that Soriano has some very useful skills. He has a great blend of power and speed. Something needed to be done to boost the offense, and Soriano would have been an improvement over several guys in the lineup.
As for him being a good player. The OBP, K/BB, the defense is just too terrible.
And as for him being a good defensive OF, he leads all OF with 5 errors with Carlos Lee being in second with 4.
Look at how low he is on the OBP list of just LF! The 28th best OBP amongst LF!
Great real life player...
I did not say great, I said good, he is a GOOD real life player, simply because he is an offensive juggernaut.
While I will agree with you that you can do better than Soriano in real life, he is still a good player. His offensive production is just too much for him not to be considered a good player.
35 HR's 100 runs and 100 RBI's consistently sounds like a good player to me.
And yes, I know that the Astos have a bad offense, but a GOOD player like Soriano can help turn a bad offense around, deal with it.
NikkiSixx wrote:Great fantasy player, good real life player
Fantasy- Yup Real Life- Nope
He is a very good hitter with elite speed and a strong arm. I think that qualifies him as a good player.
Joey Gathright has "elite" speed. A strong arm? Maybe, but how much of a player's value does this really determine? Methinks not much. As for his hitting, his power blinds people to the fact that his lack of plate discipline severely limits his production at the plate. Soriano may be a boon to fantasy owners, but he is one of the most overrated players in real life, especially considering his salary.
He might be overrated, but he is still a good player. He is not the best player, I know that, but he is still a good player.
I consider Mark Kotsay a good real life player, and I would rather have Soriano over Kotsay, so to me, that makes Soriano a good player. I just used Kotsay as an example.
If Soriano puts up 35 HR's 100 runs and 100 RBI's playing for the Nationals, even the guys who dont like Soriano would have to admit he is a good player simply because of his production at the plate.
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