We’ve had the chance to see how good he can be. The Chicago Cubs simply ran out of places for him, and the opportunity was there to make the 2017 version of this team better. But we watched him in the 2015 NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals–on a big stage–and saw what he was capable of. But Jorge Soler just never hit his stride with the Cubs. And the Kansas City Royals and the American League might be the better opportunity for him.
The situation last year looked to be the same this year.