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Originally Posted by jspchief
By all indications, he signed a contract that stipulated he had to play where the team tells him to play. Unless that contract also specified that he would only play 2nd base, he has no leg to stand on and your position on this is baseless.
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Wrong. Soriano, and his contract, was traded to the Nationals. He did not sign a free agent contract. During the trade negotiation Soriano's former team denied the Nationals the right to speak directly with Soriano.
Unable to speak directly with the Nationals Soriano made it known through the press that he would definetely not play outfield, that he wished to remain at his current and chosen position, second base.
If the Nats go head to head with the MLBPU on this one they will get crushed. They can bench him for the year but they will not be allowed to withold pay or stop his accumulation of time served in order to become a free agent at the end of this season.
Why would the Nats trade for Soriano when he made it perfectly clear that he will play 2nd base and 2nd base only? Would it be o.k. to trade for Dontrelle Willis then tell him he has to play Left Field?
**** them for trying to force someone to do a job they made perfectly clear they have no interest in doing; I hope the Union makes an example out of these cocks.