Once the BABIPs normalize, Soler can reclaim his destiny as a pretty good hitter who is barely an average starter because he plays the outfield like a man who fears he only has so many caught baseballs allotted to his life and will die when they run out.
No. His underlying contact rate is still awful. If that keeps up, the k rate will follow. Not saying I think he's doomed, but I'm not pretty confident in him either.
Look at it this way: The difference between an 89-win team and a 109-win team is about one win every 8 games. Hard to count on that coming up in a 5 or 7 game series, let alone three times in a row.