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| Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Jan 7, 1976, San Pedro de Macoris, Contract: Signed through 2014. |
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| August 31, 2007 Alfonso Soriano was given the night off on Friday. He hasn't been 100 percent since returning from a torn quad muscle. Matt Murton started in his place in left field. |
| August 31, 2007 Alfonso Soriano said his right leg has felt fine since returning Tuesday from a torn quad muscle. He has looked a little tentative on the basepaths, but Soriano said it's a mental thing more than anything else. "It's not physical. It's up here," he told the Chicago Sun-Times as he tapped the side of his head. "I know it's OK. But it's the mental [part] that's the difficult part. I hope it's just a few more games. But my hamstring [in April] took me like a couple weeks. That's the hard thing when you get hurt. Your body feels good, but mentally you have to play to be careful, so that's difficult." Soriano will get the day off today. |
| August 29, 2007 Alfonso Soriano hit leadoff for the Cubs in his return to the lineup Tuesday, with Ryan Theriot moving to the No. 2 spot. That's where he'll hit the rest of the season, but manager Lou Pinella has left open the possibility that Soriano will hit lower in the order next season, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. |
| August 28, 2007 Alfonso Soriano was activated from the disabled list on Tuesday. He had been out with a small tear in his right quadriceps muscle. Soriano was back in left field for the Cubs on Tuesday night against the Brewers, batting leadoff. |
| August 26, 2007 Alfonso Soriano should be back with the team for their big series against the Brewers starting on Tuesday. "He's going to play unless he slips coming off the airplane," manager Lou Piniella told MLB.com. "He's ready to go. He's worked hard, and we could wait another week, but he's not going to get any better than he is." Fantasy owners can begin using Soriano again as soon as this period because it appears he will be able to play all week. |
| August 24, 2007 Alfonso Soriano continues to make fast progress in his rehab and Lou Piniella admits he has a shot to play in the series with Milwaukee in the middle of next week, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. "I'm not going to rule it out," Piniella said Thursday, a day after watching the surprisingly agile Soriano hit and run the bases for the first time since tearing his right quadriceps Aug. 5. "But let's see what happens over in Arizona because we're going to start -- I'm not saying push him -- but he's going to get a lot of steady work, and we'll see how he feels." The Cubs had originally set a Labor Day return date for Soriano. |
| August 22, 2007 After completing his first day of running in the outfield since he was injured on August 5, Alfonso Soriano thinks that he'll be ready to return from the disabled list this weekend. Don't get too excited, though, because the Cubs are sticking with their original plan of activating the outfielder around Labor Day. "No, he's not ready," Piniella said in the Chicago Sun-Times. "The fact that he's been taking batting practice has got his blood flowing a little bit, but we've got to be careful. One more setback, and the whole season's gone." |
| August 21, 2007 Alfonso Soriano, recovering from a quad injury, had hoped to take batting practice Sunday or Monday, but the weather canceled plans both days. "He's doing well and not having problems, and [trainer Mark O'Neal] will probably step it up with him on the road trip," general manager Jim Hendry said in the Chicago Sun-Times. |
| August 18, 2007 Alfonso Soriano took batting practice on Friday. Soriano, who is recovering from a quadriceps injury believes he's recovering much quicker than expected, according to the Chicago Tribune. Although Soriano hopes to begin testing the injured muscle by running next week, the Cubs still don't expect him to come off the DL until September. |
| August 16, 2007 Alfonso Soriano says the pain in his quad has subsided but he still has not started running, the AP reports. Soriano hopes to begin running next week and plans to be activated in early September. |
| August 10, 2007 Alfonso Soriano, sidelined with a quad injury, feels as if he could be ready to return in two weeks, which would be one week ahead of schedule, according to the Chicago Tribune. "I said to myself, maybe two weeks," Soriano. "I feel OK walking, but I haven't put any [weight] on my leg because I don't want to feel the pain. I'll just get some good treatment, work hard and come back soon." That said, manager Lou Piniella thinks Soriano's projection is optimistic, and he still doesn't expect the slugger to return until early September. |
| August 9, 2007 Alfonso Soriano is expected to join the team in Denver today to continue his rehab work. Close friend Felix Pie said Soriano is already showing improvement, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "He told me he can walk normal now," said Pie, who talks daily by phone with Soriano. "He's not in as much pain." |
| August 6, 2007 Alfonso Soriano was officially placed on the disabled list Monday with his right quadriceps injury, according to the AP. "The latest from the MRI was that there is a small tear in the quad," manager Lou Piniella said before Monday night's game against Houston. "It's about one centimeter. We think he'll be out four to six weeks. We think it will be around Labor Day. We were expecting this. It could have been worse." Soriano is expected to be sidelined 2-4 weeks with the injury. |
| August 6, 2007 Alfonso Soriano will be sidelined 2-4 weeks with the right quadriceps injury he suffered on Sunday, according to the AP. "How devastating. I mean, leadoff hitter, valuable guy, leads my team in home runs, he's got a lot of energy," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "It's going to be a tough loss." Piniella said he didn't know what the Cubs would do to fill the hole and would discuss potential moves with general manager Jim Hendry. |
| August 5, 2007 Alfonso Soriano left Sunday's game against the Mets after straining his right quadriceps while running from first to third on a single, according to the AP. It's unclear if the slugger will be forced to miss any time with the injury. |
| June 8, 2007 Alfonso Soriano homered in his first three at-bats on Friday and finished the night going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI. He now has six homers in his last seven games. |
| May 21, 2007 Alfonso Soriano will bat second when first baseman Derrek Lee returns to the starting lineup on Tuesday. Infielder Ryan Theriot will hit leadoff, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. |
| May 13, 2007 Alfonso Soriano admitted that his strained hamstring remains only about 85-90 percent healed, according to the Daily Southtown. He felt a twinge in the muscle while trying to steal second base on Saturday. While he doesn't expect the muscle to keep him from missing any games, it's obviously still a concern. |
| May 2, 2007 Alfonso Soriano hit his first home run of the season on Tuesday night against the Pirates. He also cracked his 10th double in a game that was suspended during the seventh inning due to rain. "It's good that (April) is over," Soriano told the team's official web site. |
| April 26, 2007 Alfonso Soriano was not in Wednesday's starting lineup as a precautionary measure because of the wet grass from the overnight rain, the Cubs official site reports. He looked a little tentative when he was running the bases Tuesday after hitting a double. "Actually, when we get to St. Louis on Friday, he's ready to go," Lou Piniella said. "I'm sure he's still feeling himself out for a few days. I think we can expect him to steal bases and do everything else he's done in the past." |
| April 23, 2007 As expected, Alfonso Soriano returned to the starting lineup for the Cubs on Monday. Coming back from a hamstring injury, Soriano moved to left field and was 2-for-6 in the extra-inning contest. |
| April 22, 2007 Alfonso Soriano doubled as a pinch hitter Sunday before being removed for a pinch runner, according to the AP. Soriano, who has been out with a hamstring injury, is expected to return to the lineup Monday, and he will be in left field. |
| April 21, 2007 When he returns to the lineup, Alfonso Soriano will shift from center field to left field, according to the AP. Manager Lou Piniella said putting Soriano in left would take some of the strain off his sore hamstring. "It will be less running. It will be much better for him, said Piniella. "He's OK with that, I talked to him about it. He understands." Soriano said his he is ready to return to action but trainer Mark O'Neal said he needs another day or two of rest. |
| April 20, 2007 Although Alfonso Soriano feels he could play at some point this weekend, Lou Piniella is aiming for a Monday or Tuesday return, the Cubs official site reports. Soriano has a sore hamstring. "He ran (Thursday) and he was about 75 percent," said Piniella. "Mark O'Neal, our trainer, feels that by Monday or Tuesday, he'll be ready to play. He'll run again on Saturday in Chicago, in cooler weather, see how he feels, maybe even a little bit on Sunday and then be ready to play by Monday or Tuesday. That's the scenario we have for Soriano." |
| April 19, 2007 Alfonso Soriano took batting practice yesterday and said he would be ready to return from his strained hamstring tomorrow, according to the Chicago Tribune. However, you can safely assume the Cubs will be extra cautious with his return, so it may not happen that quickly. |
| April 17, 2007 Alfonso Soriano is expected to miss about a week of action with a strained hamstring, but the Cubs elected not to place him on the DL, instead optioning pitcher Angel Guzman to Triple-A, according to the AP. "I'm upset right now because I like to play everyday," Soriano said Tuesday. "I think I want to be there for them in a week." Felix Pie will start in center field while Soriano is out. |
| April 17, 2007 The Cubs are expected to place Alfonso Soriano on the DL today with a strained hamstring, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. MRI results showed no serious damage to Sorianos left hamstring, but he is expected to be out of action for 7-10 days, which necessitated the DL move. Top prospect Felix Pie will be recalled from Triple-A Iowa to take Soriano's place on the roster. |
| April 17, 2007 Alfonso Soriano will have an MRI on his strained hamstring Tuesday, but he doesn't think the injury is severe and hopes to be back in 5-7 days, according to the Chicago Tribune. Soriano injured himself when he tried to make a sliding catch in Monday night's game. |
| April 16, 2007 Alfonso Soriano was forced to exit Monday's game with a strained hamstring, according to the AP. He was attempting a diving catch in the fifth inning when he sustained the injury. He walked off the field under his own power and is considered to be day-to-day. |
| March 15, 2007 It appears that Alfonso Soriano has played well enough in center field that he will stay there, according to the Chicago Tribune. "The Soriano situation has taken care of itself in center field," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. With Soriano sticking in center, that means top prospect Felix Pie, who is hitting .344 this spring, will begin the year at Triple-A. |
| January 21, 2007 The Sun-Times reports that Alfonso Soriano has agreed to try playing center field for the Cubs. "It's something we've talked about," manager Lou Piniella said. "We're looking to get our best combination of hitters on the field. If Soriano [can play center], that would help." |