Navigation: Jump to content material spots: Network Bar & Login Section Navigation Main Blog Written content Secondary Sidebar: Links to Recent Stories, FanPosts and FanShots Masthead When the Braves signed closer Billy Wagner and setup man Takashi Saito earlier this week they had no inclination that either of their type-A free agent closers would accept their offer of arbitration, but it appears that Rafael Soriano is at least thinking about it: But Soriano's agent Peter Greenberg told ESPN.com that his client is still thinking about the possibility of accepting the offer before Monday's 11:59 p.m. ET deadline.
"It's going to go down to the wire," Greenberg told the website. "It's definitely going to be a last-minute decision for us."[...]
"We know there's a lot of interest in Rafael,
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I don't see Soriano accepting arbitration as a bad thing, as I think it gives Atlanta more options. Of course it means they have to trade a couple of people,
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