Braves

Rafael Soriano's decision to come back to the Braves obviously surprised the team, which had moved forward and closed one-year deals with Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito. Shouldn't Soriano's thinking have been clear to the team BEFORE they made the deal with Wagner, who Bobby Cox has already proclaimed The Closer? And if it was Soriano who got last minute cold feet about hitting the market, did it really make sense to come back AFTER the team inked a new ninth-inning specialist? Joining a crowded bullpen hardly seems the way to enhance market value.
Still, the amateur manager in me loves having three potential bullpen stoppers, particularly with Wagner and Saito's age/injury status.
But will the Braves stand pat with their sudden abundance of riches? Or will they look to move Soriano in a deal for more offense. A package including him and one of the Braves starters could be pretty appetizing to a team struggling to build a pitching staff.
Soriano is known as a power pitcher, but he certainly threw the Braves a heck of a curve this week. Ya gotta love the offseason.