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Angels purchase slugger Jorge Soler from Braves in first commerce of offseason

The Los Angeles Angels have acquired outfielder Jorge Soler from the Atlanta Braves in a trade for right-hander Griffin Canning. The teams announced the deal Thursday. Soler has been a productive power hitter for five teams over the previous 11 major league seasons. The Cuban slugger was the MVP of the 2021 World Series with

Angels purchase slugger Jorge Soler from Braves in first commerce of offseason

The Los Angeles Angels have acquired outfielder Jorge Soler from the Atlanta Braves in a commerce for right-hander Griffin Canning.

The groups introduced the deal Thursday.

Soler has been a productive energy hitter for 5 groups over the earlier 11 main league seasons. The Cuban slugger was the MVP of the 2021 World Sequence with the Braves, and he additionally gained a hoop with the Chicago Cubs in 2016.

He led the AL in homers with the Kansas City Royals in 2019 when he hit a career-high 48. He made his first All-Star staff with the Miami Marlins in 2023.

Soler has two years left on the three-year, $42 million contract he signed with the San Francisco Giants earlier this yr. The Giants traded Soler to Atlanta on July 29 for his second stint with the Braves.

He had 21 homers and 64 RBIs with a .780 OPS final season with the Braves and Giants. One yr earlier, he hit 36 homers for Miami.

Canning is an Orange County native and a former second-round draft decide who has been a part of the Angels’ beginning rotation for the previous six years when wholesome. He gained a Gold Glove in 2020 however missed your entire 2022 season with a again harm.

Canning went 6-13 with a 5.19 ERA whereas making a career-high 32 begins final season for the Angels, who completed with the worst file in franchise historical past.

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Reporting by The Related Press.

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