{"playerId":624,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":89.9,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":3.6,"playerRater7DAY":3.8,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Soriano picked up his eighth save of the season Wednesday, striking out one in a perfect inning of work.","spin":"The Nationals' bullpen has had some issues this season, but Soriano hasn't been one of them. The closer now sports a 3.27 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 11:3 K:BB through 11 innings.","date":"Thu May 2"},"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":2.8,"playerRater15DAY":3,"positionRank":14}