Alfonso Soriano's contract may be the most untradeable contract in baseball, but a source tells Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago that the Cubs would be "willing to absorb a high percentage" of the money left on his deal if the right trade offer came along. There is more than $60M left on his eight-year, $136MM contract. Soriano's deal includes a full no-trade clause, but we recently heard that he'd waive it to go to a contender. The 35-year-old is hitting .249/.291/.445 with 14 homers this year, and an American League team could also hide his suspect outfield defense by using him as a DH. Soriano's contract calls for an $18MM salary this year and every year through 2014.
and if memory serves, he hit 12 of those homeruns in April.
Cubs fired GM Jim Hendry. Hendry had been in his post since July 2002. Assistant GM Randy Bush will serve as his interim replacement. Hendry was at the helm for many of the best seasons in Cubs franchise history, with the North Siders coming within one game of the pennant in 2003 and winning back-to-back National League Central titles in 2007 and 2008. However, he also doled out a number of extremely questionable contracts, with the worst being the eight-year, $136 million pact he signed left fielder Alfonso Soriano to in the winter of 2006. He is coming off what was widely considered to be a very successful Cubs draft, but made a number of surprising decisions ahead of this summer's non-waiver trade deadline, namely holding onto journeyman utility player Jeff Baker. There's little doubt it was time for a change in the Windy City.
Cubs fired GM Jim Hendry. Hendry had been in his post since July 2002. Assistant GM Randy Bush will serve as his interim replacement. Hendry was at the helm for many of the best seasons in Cubs franchise history, with the North Siders coming within one game of the pennant in 2003 and winning back-to-back National League Central titles in 2007 and 2008. However, he also doled out a number of extremely questionable contracts, with the worst being the eight-year, $136 million pact he signed left fielder Alfonso Soriano to in the winter of 2006. He is coming off what was widely considered to be a very successful Cubs draft, but made a number of surprising decisions ahead of this summer's non-waiver trade deadline, namely holding onto journeyman utility player Jeff Baker. There's little doubt it was time for a change in the Windy City.
Cubs fired GM Jim Hendry. Hendry had been in his post since July 2002. Assistant GM Randy Bush will serve as his interim replacement. Hendry was at the helm for many of the best seasons in Cubs franchise history, with the North Siders coming within one game of the pennant in 2003 and winning back-to-back National League Central titles in 2007 and 2008. However, he also doled out a number of extremely questionable contracts, with the worst being the eight-year, $136 million pact he signed left fielder Alfonso Soriano to in the winter of 2006. He is coming off what was widely considered to be a very successful Cubs draft, but made a number of surprising decisions ahead of this summer's non-waiver trade deadline, namely holding onto journeyman utility player Jeff Baker. There's little doubt it was time for a change in the Windy City.
Hendry admitted to reporters, including David Kaplan, that he was actually fired on July 22nd. He stayed on to help the team get all of their draft picks signed before the August 15th deadline because owner Tom Ricketts asked him to (Twitter links). Ricketts told Paul Sullivan of The Chicago Tribune that "[Hendry's] been terrific, [it's] a credit to his character."
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