MLB Briefing Room
| Alfonso Soriano Archive Left Field Chicago Cubs Player Status: Day-to-Day |
| Date | Update | Team |
| Aug. 1 | News: 9:35 AM Soriano has stolen a base in his last three games, as he told the Chicago Sun-Times: "My legs feel very good now." |  |
| Jul. 24 | News: 10:50 AM Soriano was activated from the disabled list on Wednesday, and he went 1-5, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Jul. 23 | News: 10:11 AM Soriano is expected to be activated from the disabled list on Wednesday, and he will likely be in the starting lineup, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jul. 22 | News: 9:56 AM Soriano (broken hand) was 0-2 in his first rehab stint with the Cubs' rookie team, but more importantly he told the Chicago Tribune: "I'm very happy I have no pain in my hand." He is expected to play for Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday before possibly being activated on Wednesday. | |
| Jul. 21 | News: 9:52 AM Soriano (broken hand) had two aggressive pain-free batting practices over the weekend, and it appears that the Cubs will accelerate his return to the starting lineup. He is scheduled to play a rehab game for Rookie-A Mesa, and there is a small chance that he is activated after the game, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jul. 19 | News: 10:11 AM Soriano (broken hand) felt fine after taking batting practice on Friday, and barring a setback he will be activated on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jul. 18 | News: 10:43 AM Soriano (broken hand) is expected to take batting practice on Friday for the first time in two weeks, and the team hopes that he will return to action by July 24th, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Jul. 17 | News: 9:42 AM Soriano (broken hand) is aiming to come off of the disabled list a week from Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jul. 14 | News: 9:17 AM Soriano (broken hand) will take batting practice on Friday before going on a brief rehab stint once he is ready to play. Manager Lou Piniella expects him back by the last weekend in July, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jul. 7 | News: 10:10 AM Soriano's left hand felt weak after batting practice on Saturday, and it appears unlikely he will be able to play in the All-Star game as he originally hoped, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jul. 2 | News: 9:41 AM Soriano (broken hand) has X-ray scheduled on Thursday, and if all goes well he will start taking batting practice by this weekend. Soriano still looks to play in the All-Star game at his former stomping ground, Yankee Stadium, but he is adamant that he wants to go and play rather than sit on the bench, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jun. 30 | News: 10:25 AM Soriana (broken hand) has been cleared to do strengthening work without a splint, and he may start taking batting practice as early as this week, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jun. 28 | News: 10:02 AM Soriano is recovering very quickly from his fractured hand according to an X-ray on Friday, and it appears he will return earlier than the original six-week diagnosis, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jun. 26 | News: 10:00 AM Soriano (broken hand) is working real hard to be able to return in time for the All-Star game since he wants to play at Yankee Stadium where his career began, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jun. 20 | News: 9:58 AM Soriano will have an X-ray on his broken hand on Friday, and if all goes well he hopes to start taking batting practice on Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jun. 14 | News: 9:45 AM Soriano (broken hand) is expected to start traveling with the team on Tuesday so he can rehab his injury under the supervision of the Cubs' training staff, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Jun. 12 | News: 9:57 AM Soriano is expected to be out for at least six weeks with a broken hand which he suffered when he was hit by a pitch in the second inning of Wednesday's game, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Jun. 4 | News: 10:21 AM Soriano has been double-switched in the ninth inning of three straight games, but manager Lou Piniella warned the Chicago Sun-Times not to read anything into as the Cubs have been in a lot of close games and need to use a lot of relievers. | |
| May. 27 | News: 9:24 AM Soriano will get relief from the hecklers in left field, as a Cubs official informed the patrons in the left-field bleachers would be immediately ejected if they made any profane or inappropriate comments towards Soriano, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| May. 22 | News: 9:42 AM Soriano got the day off on Wednesday, reports the Chicago Tribune. He was replaced in the lineup by rookie Micah Hoffpauir. | |
| May. 20 | News: 9:43 AM Soriano was named the National League Player of the Week on Monday for his stellar play during the previous week, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| May. 12 | News: 10:37 AM Soriano was given a day to rest on Sunday by manager Lou Piniella, as the slugger expressed some trepidation of re-aggravating his calf injury in the cold weather, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| May. 8 | News: 11:34 AM Soriano did not start on Wednesday although he pinched hit later in the game, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| May. 2 | News: 10:23 AM Soriano (calf) returned from the disabled list on Thursday and leadoff going 0-4 without hitting the ball out of the infield, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| May. 1 | News: 10:45 AM Soriano (calf) is expected to be activated from the disabled list on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 30 | News: 10:32 AM Soriano (calf) will bat leadoff when he returns to the Cubs on Thursday, as manager Lou Piniella feels that he best serves the team in this role, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 28 | News: 10:15 AM Soriano has worked very hard rehabbing his sore calf, and he expects to be ready to play when he's eligible to come off of the disabled list on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 26 | News: 10:00 AM Soriano (calf) did extra work on the field on Friday, and he remains on track to return to the team on Thursday when he's eligible to come off of the disabled list, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 25 | News: 10:09 AM Soriano (calf) did not perform any baseball activity on Thursday in order to rest , but he is still on track to return to the team on May 1st, the first day that he is eligible, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 24 | News: 10:35 AM Soriano (calf) will not be sent on a rehab assignment once he returns from the disabled list in another week according to manager Lou Piniella, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 23 | News: 10:41 AM Soriano, who is on the disabled list with a calf injury, is progressing well and is expected to return to the team once he is eligible on May 1st, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 22 | News: 9:59 AM Soriano (strained right calf) will likely come off the disabled list on May 1st according to manager Lou Piniella, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 21 | News: 10:27 AM Soriano is progressing well from his strained calf, and he may start running on Wednesday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 17 | News: 10:27 AM Soriano was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with a calf injury, but the team expects him to be fully recovered in two weeks, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Apr. 16 | News: 10:22 AM Soriano left Tuesday's game in the first inning after injuring his calf catching a fly ball, and he will likely be placed on the disabled list, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 9 | News: 1:45 PM Though off to a slow start this season, Soriano believes he is hitting the ball hard and about to break out of his slump, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. | |
| Apr. 5 | News: 10:01 AM Soriano played second base in the ninth inning of Friday's game because Mike Fontenot is having back problems, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Apr. 3 | News: 9:50 AM Soriano has been moved back to the lead-off spot by manager Lou Piniella, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Mar. 13 | News: 11:00 AM Soriano will be moved to the number two spot in the lineup, as manager Lou Piniella does not want to have him running hard and re-aggravate the right quadriceps that he tore last season, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Mar. 7 | News: 10:16 AM Soriano (broken finger) took batting practice on Thursday, and manager Lou Piniella expects him to be ready for action by early next week, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Mar. 6 | News: 10:01 AM Soriano tested his broken middle finger by throwing from the outfield on Wednesday, but he is not going to take batting practice this week according to manager Lou Piniella. Soriano is expected to be out for at least a week and most likely longer, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Mar. 4 | News: 9:52 AM Soriano's broken middle finger is apparently going to take longer to recover than initially anticipated. He now will likely miss one to two weeks of action, as his finger is still swollen, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Mar. 3 | News: 10:12 AM Soriano suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger on Sunday, but he is only expected to miss three to five days, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Feb. 28 | News: 11:13 AM Soriano will get a day off on Thursday, as he is not expected to play in the Cubs' exhibition game, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. | |
| Aug. 30 | News: 11:22 AM Cubs manager Lou Piniella may use a late-inning defensive replacement in left for Soriano until his legs are back to 100 percent from his quad injury. | |
| Aug. 28 | News: 11:11 AM Soriano will be in the lineup on Tuesday. | |
| Aug. 27 | News: 11:49 AM Soriano will be back in the starting lineup Tuesday night against Milwaukee after a three-week absence with a torn quadriceps, reports the Chicago Tribune. | |
| Aug. 22 | News: 2:42 PM Soriano will return to the lead off spot when he returns to the lineup, reports the Chicago Sun Times. the team expects him back by Labor Day. | |
| Aug. 18 | News: 11:32 AM Soriano took batting practice Friday and said he believes he's progressing much faster than expected from his quad injury, reports the Chicago Tribune. Soriano is expected to begin running next week, and the Cubs are still projecting him to return around the first week of September. | |
| Aug. 7 | News: 11:33 AM Soriano was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right quad strain Monday. He is expected to be out 2-4 weeks, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| Aug. 6 | News: 12:29 PM Soriano will be out for two-to-four weeks after he strained his right quadriceps in the third inning, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| Jul. 1 | News: 12:58 PM Soriano was rested the final four innings when the score was 9-2 on Saturday, reports the Chicago Tribune. | |
| Jun. 29 | News: 12:13 PM Soriano enters the Brewers series on Friday hitting .330 with 11 home runs and 18 RBI in June, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| Jun. 26 | News: 12:00 PM Soriano hit a two-run, game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning on Monday. | |
| Jun. 15 | News: 11:47 AM Soriano ended an 0-for-21 skid with a first-inning double off Jeff Weaver on Thursday, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| Jun. 9 | News: 12:44 PM Soriano hit three home runs on Friday, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| May. 23 | News: 2:14 PM Soriano, with the return of Derek Lee, moved back to the leadoff spot Tuesday, after batting third in Lee's absence, the Daily Herald writes. | |
| May. 21 | News: 11:46 AM Manager Lou Piniella said that when Derek Lee returned Soriano would not move back to the leadoff spot, but Piniella wouldn't specify whether Soriano would bat second or fifth, the Daily Southtown reports. | |
| May. 17 | News: 10:52 AM Soriano, who missed five games in April because of a strained left hamstring, has not returned to full strength but he said he's getting better every day. He told the Chicago Sun Times that he only tries to steal bases when he knows that he has a good jump or when the pitcher has a slow delivery to the plate. | |
| May. 16 | News: 11:00 AM Soriano may not return to the leadoff spot when Derrek Lee returns from injury. Soriano may bat second in front of Lee and Aramis Ramirez, the Chicago Sun Times reports. | |
| May. 14 | News: 11:38 AM Soriano told the the Chicago Tribune that he continues to have problems with the hamstring he injured earlier this season. Soriano's 20-game hit streak also ended Sunday. | |
| May. 13 | News: 12:12 PM Soriano (hamstring) admitted he is only 85-90 percent, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| May. 9 | News: 11:21 AM Soriano has warmed up considerably since his cold start this season and now has a career-high 16-game hitting streak, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| May. 2 | News: 11:10 AM Soriano hit his first home run of the season Tuesday. | |
| Apr. 23 | News: 10:50 AM Soriano will be moving from center to left field on a permanent basis, the Chicago Sun Times reports. | |
| Apr. 22 | News: 12:14 PM Manager Lou Piniella made that clear Saturday in confirming that Soriano will move from center field to left when he returns from his hamstring strain, likely on Monday, reports the Sun Times. | |
| Apr. 21 | News: 11:51 AM Soriano will test his strained hamstring again Saturday running and might return to the lineup as soon as Sunday, reports the Chicago Sun Times. | |
| Apr. 20 | News: 10:34 AM Manager Lou Piniella told the Chicago Tribune that Soriano will return Monday or Tuesday. Soriano ran for the first time Thursday and his strained left hamstring is at 75 percent. He will try to run again Saturday to see how it reacts in cooler weather. | |
| Apr. 19 | News: 7:42 AM Soriano (hamstring) took batting practice Wednesday and said he would be ready to return to action Friday, though it's doubtful the Cubs would rush him back, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |
| Apr. 18 | News: 11:33 AM Soriano said he expects to be ready to play again within a week to 10 days, possibly taking cuts in the batting cage as soon as Wednesday after an MRI revealed only a minor strain in his hamstring. He will avoid the disabled list, the Chicago Sun Times reports. | |
| Apr. 17 | News: 8:49 AM Soriano (hamstring) will have an MRI Tuesday but said the best-case scenario is missing five or six days, which could mean a trip to the disabled list, the Chicago Sun Times reports. Jacque Jones has taken Soriano's place in center field. | |