WASHINGTON – Rafael Soriano understands the clock is ticking.
It’s early June and the 35-year-old reliever with 207 saves on his resume still remains out there as a free agent. Soriano recently dropped super-agent Scott Boras and switched to Octagon Baseball, whose managing director, Alan Nero, represents Cubs manager Joe Maddon and keeps an office in downtown Chicago.
The Cubs have shown interest in Soriano, who saved 32 games for the Washington Nationals last season but performed dramatically different before (0.97 ERA) and after (6.48 ERA) the All-Star break.
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Soriano enjoyed his best individual season playing for Maddon on the 2010 Tampa Bay Rays team that won 96 games.