Rangers trade Soriano to Nationals

[samjjones]

Sabermetrics are not the be-all/end-all of player evaluation. Soriano is valuable for the offense he provides at a non-offensive position (2B). He is by all accounts (sabermetrically and traditional scouting) a horrible fielder. So moving him to LF diminishes his value. Speed diminishes with age as well. If I had to make a prediction, I'd say that Soriano will be lucky to hit 20 homers this year, and doesn't break a .750 OPS.