Re: Soriano joins 40/40 club
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Players historically play better in their contract years.
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Players historically play better when they are happier too, what's the point? Historically is a bad word to use b/c it doesn't apply to everyone, many big contract years are during a young players peak and so timing has a lot to do with this...not all but some.
I simply don't agree that Soriano was a 40/40 guy b/c it was his contract year, it's an excuse for anyone that doubted him and an easy way for all the naturally negative people to rain on someones parade. Look at his numbers, he has shown the ability to do this in the past, it isn't as if he woke up, realized that this year was the year to get paid and had a career year because if you look at it his, numbers are very comparable to 2002 and a few of his other years aren't far behind this one. To say it was a contract year and that's why is a bullsh*t response plain and simple.
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