{"playerId":624,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":89.9,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":4.3,"playerRater7DAY":0.8,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Soriano bounced back from Tuesday's rough outing to throw a perfect 10th inning Wednesday and notch his 13th save of the season.","spin":"While his numbers aren't elite, Soriano still sits in the top 10 in the majors in saves and seems to have as much job security as anyone not named Mo Rivera.","date":"Thu May 23"},"fullName":"Rafael Soriano","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"In one of the more surprising transactions of the winter, Soriano signed a two-year, $28-million deal with the Washington Nationals, who, last we saw them, had absorbed a most painful blown save by Drew Storen en route to a Division Series ouster. Soriano takes over Storen's role as the team's primary finisher, a gig in which he posted 40-save, sub-2.50-ERA campaigns in both 2010 and 2012, and his prospects for a third such campaign in a four-year span are good, thanks to his newfound contract security as well as escaping the hitting-friendly confines of Yankee Stadium. To the latter point, he had a 1.62 ERA and 0.99 WHIP in road games during his two-year stint with the Yankees, his lack of a truly dominating pitch to use against lefties hurting him at home: He had a 4.31 ERA and 1.40 WHIP at Yankee Stadium during that same time, lefties touching him up for a .290 batting average and 12.9 home run/fly ball percentage there. Soriano possesses elite closer skills and, while the Nationals have compelling candidates setting him up, he's unlikely to cede the gig. Consider him a top-five option at his position.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Tue Mar 5"},"playerRater30DAY":3.8,"playerRater15DAY":2.1,"positionRank":13}