Your Irresponsbile 'Let's Trade This Guy!" Blog Part Deux

Through 4 2/3 innings, Carlos Zambrano showed why he would require quite a bounty of players/prospects if the Cubs ever traded him.  But not making it through that final 1/3 of an inning was Exhibit A in the evidence tab of why Cubs fans are maddeningly trying to get rid of him.  I touched that topic yesterday.  Today, we discuss trying to dump another whipping boy, Alfonso Soriano.

Like Big Z, Soriano has had his moments of glory.  No one wanted to trade him after he led the season off with a home run in Houston, sparking an April in which he posted a .284/.364/.591/.955 line with 7 homers and 14 ribbies.  Then came May and June where he combined to hit .207.  He rebounded with a .345/.409/.583/.992 line in July where he hit 5 dingers and drove in 16 runs.  When the calendar turned to August, Soriano disappeared and knee surgery in September has put him out for the season.

Soriano's ups and downs spark many conversations about dumping him and his massive contract.  If the Cubs are going to trade the seven-time All-Star while his stock is low, they won't get anything more than mental relief or marginal prospects unless they want to swap bad contracts with another team.

And I have just the candidate for the Cubs.