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IP	W-L	SV	ERA	Ks	BB
75.2	1-6	27	2.97	102	27

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Rays complete deal for Soriano: The Rays have completed a trade with the Braves, acquiring right-handed pitcher Rafael Soriano and signing the reliever to a $7.25 million, one-year contract. The deal Friday sends right-hander Jesse Chavez to the Braves, who considered Soriano expendable after recently signing free agent relievers Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito. The Rays were searching for bullpen help after the lack of a proven closer contributed to the 2008 AL champions not getting back to the playoffs this year. With several pitchers sharing the role, Tampa Bay wound up with 22 blown saves -- eighth most in the major leagues. Soriano had a career-best 27 saves in 31 opportunities for the Braves last season. In 75 2/3 innings, he struck out 102 while walking 27.
(Updated 12/11/2009).

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Fantasy Analysis

Soriano could be a Jonathan Broxton-like breakthrough for 2010 if he can earn the primary closer's role with the Rays. J.P. Howell, a left the Rays have liked to use situationally, is his primary competition for the job. Soriano has knockout stuff and 40-save potential, but he hasn't proven healthy or consistent enough yet. Even without saves, he will post a strong ERA, WHIP and strike out more than a batter per inning. With saves, he could be a top 10 closer in Fantasy, even if you will be able to select him later than that on Draft Day. This is an outstanding sleeper.
(Updated 12/11/2009).

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Position	Current	Last Week	Rating
Relievers	17	17	63.15
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Situational Stats
10/4/2009 vs Washington
Situation	IP	W	L	ERA	SV	BB	SO
vs Washington	9.1	0	1	2.89	4	5	17
vs LHB	32.1	0	0	4.45	0	13	37
vs RHB	42.1	0	0	1.91	0	13	64

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	OPP	L	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	Ks
09/26	WAS	0	0	0.1	0	3.06	0	1
09/27	WAS	0	1	1.0	0	3.01	0	1
09/28	FLA	0	0	1.0	0	2.97	0	1
10/01	WAS	1	0	1.0	2	3.05	0	3
10/03	WAS	0	0	1.0	0	3.01	1	2
10/04	WAS	0	0	1.0	0	2.97	1	1

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22		2		18		9		21		6		17		6		18		18		9		22		24		55		16		14		25		12		4		40		8		18		33		-2		42		12
1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		21		22		23		24		25		26

Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2002	SEA	0	3	4.56	10	8	0	0	1	1	47.1	45	25	24	8	0	16	32
2003	SEA	3	0	1.53	40	0	0	0	1	2	53.0	30	9	9	2	3	12	68
2004	SEA	0	3	13.50	6	0	0	0	0	1	3.1	9	6	5	0	0	3	3
2005	SEA	0	0	2.45	7	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	2	0	1	1	9
2006	SEA	1	2	2.25	53	0	0	0	2	6	60.0	44	15	15	6	2	21	65
2007	ATL	3	3	3.00	71	0	0	0	9	12	72.0	47	26	24	12	2	15	70
2008	ATL	0	1	2.57	14	0	0	0	3	4	14.0	7	5	4	1	1	9	16
2009	ATL	1	6	2.97	77	0	0	0	27	31	75.2	53	25	25	6	1	27	102
Total		8	18	2.92	278	8	0	0	43	57	332.2	241	113	108	35	10	104	365

Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2002	SEA	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2003	SEA	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2004	SEA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2005	SEA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2006	SEA	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2007	ATL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2008	ATL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2009	ATL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
Total		279	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
2002	SEA	P	10	8	7	2	4	1	0	.857
2003	SEA	P	40	0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000
2004	SEA	P	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000
2005	SEA	P	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
2006	SEA	P	53	0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000
2007	ATL	P	71	0	5	2	2	1	0	.800
2008	ATL	P	14	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000
2009	ATL	P	77	0	11	3	8	0	0	1.000
Total			278	8	37	12	22	3	0	.919

More Pitching Stats
Year	Team	IBB	GO	AO	GO/AO	SB	CS	PK	BK	WP	AVG	PA	MB9	SLG	RPF
2002	SEA	1	34	75	0.48	2	2	0	0	2	.243	202	11.6	.443	0
2003	SEA	1	33	55	0.64	4	1	0	0	0	.162	201	7.6	.238	1
2004	SEA	0	5	3	1.67	0	0	0	0	0	.450	23	32.4	.650	1
2005	SEA	0	3	10	0.30	0	0	0	0	0	.222	30	9.8	.296	0
2006	SEA	0	31	78	0.45	7	2	0	0	2	.204	241	10.1	.333	4
2007	ATL	2	49	93	0.57	7	2	0	0	0	.181	276	8.0	.355	3
2008	ATL	2	6	18	0.39	1	1	0	0	1	.149	57	10.9	.277	1
2009	ATL	4	45	79	0.62	3	0	0	0	0	.194	307	9.6	.319	4
Total		10	206	411	0.54	24	8	0	0	5	.199	1337	9.6	.339	14

Minor League Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1999	A-Everett	5	4	3.11	14	14	0	0	0	75.1	56	34	26	8	4	49	83
2000	A-Wisconsin	8	4	2.87	21	21	1	0	0	122.1	97	41	39	3	12	50	90
2001	AA-San Antonio	2	2	3.35	8	8	0	0	0	48.1	34	18	18	5	2	14	53
2001	A-San Berndno	6	3	2.53	15	15	2	1	0	89.0	49	28	25	4	4	39	98
2001	R-Colorado	2	5	3.42	14	8	0	0	0	55.1	53	38	21	1	2	20	58
2002	AA-San Antonio	2	3	2.31	10	8	0	0	0	46.2	32	13	12	6	1	15	52
2003	AAA-Tacoma	4	3	3.19	11	10	0	0	0	62.0	43	24	22	2	4	12	63
2004	A-Inl. Empire	0	0	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	2	1	0	1	9
2004	AA-San Antonio	1	0	1.13	2	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	10
2004	AAA-Tacoma	0	0	2.45	3	3	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	1	0	2	5
2005	A-Inl. Empire	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
2005	AA-San Antonio	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	A-Everett	0	0	3.00	4	4	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	2	0	1	2	8
2005	AAA-Tacoma	1	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	0	1	11
2008	R-Atlanta	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
2008	AA-Mississippi	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

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