Soriano officially back for 2012: As expected, Yankees RP Rafael Soriano choose not to opt out of his contract Tuesday. He has two years and $25 million remaining. (Updated 11/01/2011)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/12/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Soriano would have been crazy to opt out of such a lucrative deal, which he earned by saving 46 games for the Rays in 2010. He's not saving games anymore, instead serving as a setup man for Mariano Rivera. He had some issues with his velocity early in 2011, but he settled down to produce a 3.47 ERA over the final two months. He's a good enough middle reliever to deserve a look in deeper AL-only leagues. (Updated 11/01/2011).
10/04/2011 23:59 Burnett, Granderson bail out Yankees, force Game 5
Curtis Granderson made two spectacular catches against his former team and A.J. Burnett came through when the Yankees needed him most, leading New York past the Detroit Tigers 10-1 on Tuesday night to send their AL playoff series back to the Bronx for a decisive Game 5.
10/04/2011 00:05 Verlander outlasts Sabathia; Tigers take 2-1 ALDS lead
Justin Verlander struck out 11 in eight gritty innings and Jose Valverde stopped a Yankees rally for the second successive night, whiffing Derek Jeter with two on to close out the Detroit Tigers' 5-4 victory against New York on Monday.
09/28/2011 00:46 Charmed life continues for Tampa with remarkable triple play
In baseball, sometimes it takes just one play to turn things around. Scott Miller points to the Rays' triple play, which provides Tampa the jolt needed to defeat the Yankees and maintain a tie with the Red Sox for the AL wild card.
09/27/2011 22:16 Rays top Yankees again, stay even in wild-card race
Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist homered Tuesday night, helping the surging Tampa Bay Rays continue their improbable chase for the AL wild card with a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
Rafael Soriano was supposed to serve as the Yankees’ unflappable link to closer Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning after signing a lucrative deal with the team prior to the 2011 season. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. Soriano missed more than two months of playing time with an elbow injury and was supplanted as New York’s setup man by David Robertson. Once he returned, he pitched in the middle innings, but still managed 14 holds to finish eighth in the American League with 23 total on the year. Soriano, who racked up 45 saves with Tampa Bay during the 2010 campaign, will likely assume the seventh-inning role again this year as New York believes Robertson can handle setup duties. That leaves Soriano as an expensive reliever, who has experienced a declining strikeout rate. Since fanning a career-high 102 batters in 2009, Soriano’s strikeout total decreased the following two seasons, including 36 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings last year. He should be considered a late-round option in deeper AL-only Fantasy formats for 2012. (Updated 2/6/12)
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