Braves trade Jorge Soler to the Angels

Leave a Comment / Braves, Braves Trade Rumors / By /
Jorge Soler Braves trade

Since the season ended, I have talked at length about the Braves DH situation. The experiment to play Jorge Soler in the outfield failed. He would have been the worst defender in baseball this year had he played right field the entire season. Soler and Marcell Ozuna cannot co-exist, and with the MLB offseason kicking off today, Alex Anthopoulos wasted no time moving off one of them.

Per Mike Rodriguez, the Braves have traded Jorge Soler to the Angels.

The trade for Jorge Soler at this year’s trade deadline wasn’t a complete failure. The Braves were desperate for an offensive boost after suffering a slew of injuries, and he provided that to the tune of nine homers and an .849 OPS after the trade.

However, with guys coming back healthy, the need for another slugger lessens, and as mentioned in the open, Jorge Soler was a complete mess in the outfield. With the Braves expected to pick up the option of Marcell Ozuna for 2025, Soler became expendable.

Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the return for the Braves is right-handed pitcher Griffin Canning.

Canning has spent five years in the majors as a starting pitcher, all with the Angels, owning a 4.78 career ERA. It’s not much, and we’ll see if the Braves release him quickly or try to see if there is something there. More starting pitching is always a plus, and the Angels have been notoriously bad at developing pitchers for well over a decade. My guess is we never see Griffin Canning in a Braves uniform; he has one arbitration year left on his contract, which carries a projected salary of $5.4 million.

More importantly, the Braves are sending no cash in the deal, getting rid of the $32 million Jorge Soler is owed over the next two seasons. That will give Alex Anthopoulos much more financial flexibility to work with this offseason.

—

Photo: Kevin Langley/Icon Sportswire

Scroll to Top
%d bloggers like this: