Yanks "Close" To Acquiring Soriano From The Cubs

While many of you were tucked away in your beds, the Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was busy trying to find solutions to the vastly struggling offense.

As reported by George King of the New York Post, the Yankees are close to acquiring Alfonso Soriano from the Chicago Cubs for what would most likely be a mid-level prospect, along with paying for a bulk of his large contract.

Soriano is owed $25 million through 2014 and the Yankees would likely pick up around $6 million of the remaining money owed this season, while the Cubs would pay for most to all of the $18 million in 2014.

Though, of course, according to sources, Soriano has a no-trade clause and he would still have to waive it if a deal gets done between the two sides.

Soriano, 37, rejected a trade to the San Francisco Giants last season. He recently said he would approve a deal to the right city and team. He played for the Yankees from 1999-2003.

In his four years with the Yankees, Soriano hit .284 with 98 HR and 270 RBI before being part of the deal that sent Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees in 2004. The 15 year Major League veteran is a career .273 hitter with 389 HR and 1,086 RBI.

In 2013 for the Cubs, Soriano is hitting .259 with 17 HR and 51 RBI. He's been swinging a hot bat lately, batting .296 with 10 home runs and a 1.066 in his past 20 games.

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