SOLER CALLED UP

[treebird]

muskat is probably confusing soler with some north korean guy

[Guest]

Yes, Borbon pinch ran after not being at the ballpark for first pitch. From a quick glance it looks like unless they chartered him a plane, he's probably not getting to the ballpark before 3:30-4, so I'd guess he's just a 'break in case of emergency' pinch hitter tonight.

[ScrubMD]

Hot damn, you can get tickets to Reds games for $6! So long, suckers!

[UMFan83]

Hot damn, you can get tickets to Reds games for $6! So long, suckers!

 

I'm so pissed, I'm going to Cincinnati for the weekend on Friday, I'm trying to convince my wife to go a day early, but the fact that its a day game really gives me no room for error.

[Bull]

Hot damn, you can get tickets to Reds games for $6! so long, suckers!

 

I went in '03. Paid $6 for nose bleed seat. the stadium was empty and I secured seats about 15 rows behind 3rd base by the 3rd inning.

[Guest]

Hot damn, you can get tickets to Reds games for $6! so long, suckers!

 

I went in '03. Paid $6 for nose bleed seat. the stadium was empty and I secured seats about 15 rows behind 3rd base by the 3rd inning.

 

I went in 03 also. The Estes game...but I remember the stadium being pretty packed.

[ScrubMD]

Hot damn, you can get tickets to Reds games for $6! so long, suckers!

 

I went in '03. Paid $6 for nose bleed seat. the stadium was empty and I secured seats about 15 rows behind 3rd base by the 3rd inning.

 

I went in 03 also. The Estes game...but I remember the stadium being pretty packed.

 

I only live a couple hours away. I went for the division clincher in 07, but we actually clinched when the Brewers lost an hour after the game, so it wasn't all that exciting.

[Guest]

Hot damn, you can get tickets to Reds games for $6! so long, suckers!

 

I went in '03. Paid $6 for nose bleed seat. the stadium was empty and I secured seats about 15 rows behind 3rd base by the 3rd inning.

 

I went in 03 also. The Estes game...but I remember the stadium being pretty packed.

 

I only live a couple hours away. I went for the division clincher in 07, but we actually clinched when the Brewers lost an hour after the game, so it wasn't all that exciting.

i remember that. went to wrigleyville to watch both games at a bar and got out in the streets for the celebration.

[Sammy Sofa]

Between Castro and Soler, I want the Cubs unleashing their top prospects on the Reds to become a real thing.

[Brian]

still saved in my photobucket account from the broadcast of that delayed clincher in '07....

 

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/bgentz/bob.jpg

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://impossiblehq.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Final-Form.jpg

[Abe Frohman]

We've waited a long time for this.

 

Don't F it up.

[Felix Leiter]

Iowa Cubs beat writer just on The Score: Soler is the most ML-ready player. Corner OFer only. Players really enjoy him. Bryant is ready to come up, nothing left to accomplish. He punishes the ball.

[Banedon]

Unlikely as it may be, I'm rooting hard for a Bryant call up for Sept. It'd really just complete this season nicely.

[ScrubMD]

I know it's unlikely due to Boras, but it'd be so great to work out a longterm deal with Bryant this offseason. I really want to start next season with the full first wave.

[Guest]

BA: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/expect-cubs-rf-jorge-soler/

 

SCOUTING REPORT

 

The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Soler has power to all fields, but has had his season shortened by hamstring injuries. The Cubs have helped tighten up his swing from 2013 when he played for high Class A Daytona, when his swing had a lot of moving parts. According to one manager who saw him in the Florida State League, Soler’s swing would “break down.”

 

But as shown from his 2014 production, the Cubs have improved his swing mechanics to make him more consistent, leading to a .340/.432/.700 slash line with 15 homers and 57 RBIs in just 62 games across three levels.

 

He struggled a bit—for him this season—when he first joined Triple-A Iowa, hitting .286 with three homers through 10 games, but Iowa hitting coach Bryan Harper told milb.com that they worked on an adjustment, and Soler ended his Triple-A stay by hitting .550 with three homers and 10 RBIs in his final 10 games, including an opposite-field home run off Tacoma’s Taijuan Walker on Monday night.

 

Soler is an athletic but average defender, although according to one manager the knock on Soler’s reputed lack of effort comes from how easily he does his job.

 

“He doesn’t have Bryant or Baez power, but still has wow power,” a rival PCL manager said. “With those guys on his team, you don’t notice his power quite as much as you would.”

 

WHAT TO EXPECT

 

Soler’s 22, but because of injuries and two suspensions in 2013, he has only 544 minor league at-bats, so his learning curve, especially in the majors, is going to be greater than that of Baez, who’s showing power but striking out nearly 50 percent of the time, or even Bryant, who has college experience behind him.

 

One PCL manager said Soler will probably need 300 to 400 more at-bats to stabilize his approach, which is unusually controlled for a former Cuban junior national team member. Soler has struck out 105 times in his minor league career, opposed to 66 walks, so he does a good job of making contact—and hard, consistent contact.

 

Another PCL manager said Soler had 70 power on the 20-80 scout scale, just a notch below Bryant.

 

He’s been red hot of late at Iowa, so a fantasy owner who grabs him could see a spurt of power, but although Soler is an efficient baserunner (17 of 20 in his career), he did not attempt a steal this year, in part because of hamstring issues and likely because the Cubs did not want to risk another injury.

[Guest]

Unlikely as it may be, I'm rooting hard for a Bryant call up for Sept. It'd really just complete this season nicely.

 

It's not even unlikely. It's 100% not happening.

 

They don't explicitly say things too often but they pretty much have explicitly said that.

[jersey cubs fan]

BA: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/expect-cubs-rf-jorge-soler/

 

Soler’s 22, but because of injuries and two suspensions in 2013, he has only 544 minor league at-bats, so his learning curve, especially in the majors, is going to be greater than that of Baez, who’s showing power but striking out nearly 50 percent of the time,

 

dubious

[UMFan83]

Has his power projection changed since we signed him? I remember when we signed Soler they said he might have the most raw power in the minors. Obviously Baez and Bryant are uber elite when it comes to power so saying Soler is a step down from them is not necessarily a bad thing, I was just always under the assumption that he was on that level.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Soler’s 22, but because of injuries and two suspensions in 2013, he has only 544 minor league at-bats, so his learning curve, especially in the majors, is going to be greater than that of Baez, who’s showing power but striking out nearly 50 percent of the time,

This is idiotic.

[Burt Macklin, FBI]

http://media1.giphy.com/media/X7dNQF5vP5UpG/giphy.gif

[MWV]

Soler ended his Triple-A stay by hitting .550 with three homers and 10 RBIs in his final 10 games, including an opposite-field home run off Tacoma’s Taijuan Walker on Monday night.

Positional prospects FTW.

[SouthSideRyan]

Unlikely as it may be, I'm rooting hard for a Bryant call up for Sept. It'd really just complete this season nicely.

 

It's not even unlikely. It's 100% not happening.

 

They don't explicitly say things too often but they pretty much have explicitly said that.

 

And I still don't understand it.

 

ETA: compared to Baez/Soler that is

[jersey cubs fan]

Unlikely as it may be, I'm rooting hard for a Bryant call up for Sept. It'd really just complete this season nicely.

 

It's not even unlikely. It's 100% not happening.

 

They don't explicitly say things too often but they pretty much have explicitly said that.

 

And I still don't understand it.

 

ETA: compared to Baez/Soler that is

 

you don't understand why Soler would be called up before Bryant?

[sneakypower]

i still expect Bryant makes the team out of ST