Royals Review · Jun 21, 2019
Jorge Soler has begun drawing walks
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesFor the first time in his career, it appears that Jorge Soler is playing baseball unimpeded by injuries and ineffectiveness. The first 61 games of last season were the closest we had gotten to a Soler firing on all cylinders after he spent 2017 fighting injuries and being mostly horrible at the plate.
In 2019, Soler is playing every day, and he is playing well. That is, he’s hitting baseballs very hard and very far. His 20 homers put him on a 43-home run pace, which would be the Royals first 40-homer season. However, for much of the season, his power value has been brought down by him seemingly forgetting how to get on base.