I come home from a week away to find that the Cubs have lost 6 out of their last 10 and even more costly than that, they’ve lost their starting left fielder. But Alfonso Soriano isn’t just the starting left fielder, he’s also their offensive leader. He leads the team in home runs with 18, and has been a catalyst all season for the offense. The Cubs have history of losing their offensive leader, and it hasn’t turned out well. When Derrek Lee broke his wrist last year, the Cubs went in the tank. Hopefully that won’t happen this year. The Cubs dropped the first 3 games after Soriano went down with the torn quadriceps muscle, but have rebounded and won the last 2 games heading into Saturday’s game with Colorado.

The Cubs are reportedly close to acquiring Scott Podsednik in a waiver-wire deal with the Chicago White Sox. This would ease the pain a little, but Scotty Pods isn’t the same player he was when he helped the White Sox win the World Series in 2005. He’s had injuries, and has struggled when he was healthy. He definitely would bring energy to the ballclub as well as a bonafide leadoff hitter.

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