Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano would welcome trade to Mets

Alfonso Soriano says he wants to win with the Chicago Cubs, but if the team falls out of contention -- and the Cubs are expected to struggle again after 101 losses last season -- Soriano would be interested in being traded.

"I want to go somewhere where I'd feel comfortable," Soriano said Monday.

Soriano is in the seventh year of an eight-year deal which pays him a total of $36 million over the final two seasons. He has a no-trade clause which he invoked last year stopping him from being moved to the San Francisco Giants. He cited how the cold weather would affect his knees as a reason he denied the trade.

"[The Cubs] know what teams," Soriano said of a trade this season. "We talked, my agent talked with those guys."

Soriano said there were "six or seven" teams that he's given the Cubs as potential landing spots if he's moved.

Sources say the list includes the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Phillies and White Sox, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The Mets are in dire need of right handed power hitter and outfielder, especially after the loss of Scott Hairston...

Can it be a match made in heaven??

The only thing that would prevent Soriano from being a Met is he make too much money at a $18 Million clip a year, but the Mets can make the Cubs pay some money in any deal..

Even though Soriano is 37, He would definitely help the Mets outfield creditability.  Their outfield has been called probably the worst in baseball.

Soriano's Career Stats

Year	Age	Tm	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1999	23	NYY	9	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	.125
2000	24	NYY	22	50	5	9	3	0	2	3	2	0	1	15	.180
2001	25	NYY	158	574	77	154	34	3	18	73	43	14	29	125	.268
2002	26	NYY	156	696	128	209	51	2	39	102	41	13	23	157	.300
2003	27	NYY	156	682	114	198	36	5	38	91	35	8	38	130	.290
2004	28	TEX	145	608	77	170	32	4	28	91	18	5	33	121	.280
2005	29	TEX	156	637	102	171	43	2	36	104	30	2	33	125	.268
2006	30	WSN	159	647	119	179	41	2	46	95	41	17	67	160	.277
2007	31	CHC	135	579	97	173	42	5	33	70	19	6	31	130	.299
2008	32	CHC	109	453	76	127	27	0	29	75	19	3	43	103	.280
2009	33	CHC	117	477	64	115	25	1	20	55	9	2	40	118	.241
2010	34	CHC	147	496	67	128	40	3	24	79	5	1	45	123	.258
2011	35	CHC	137	475	50	116	27	1	26	88	2	1	27	113	.244
2012	36	CHC	151	561	68	147	33	2	32	108	6	2	44	153	.262
14 Yrs			1757	6943	1046	1897	434	30	372	1035	270	75	454	1576	.273
162 Game Avg.			162	640	96	175	40	3	34	95	25	7	42	145	.273

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Generated 2/20/2013.