Now that Yoenis Cespedes is off the market, Jorge Soler is the last international free agent to create a bidding war before the start of the new CBA.
Blue Jays, Orioles, Everyone Else Joining Jorge Soler Derby
On February 13, the Chicago Tribune published an article with the following headline:
On Wednesday morning, Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos and members of his front office watched the 19-year-old Soler -- along with Cuban pitcher Armando Rivero, outfielder Henry Urrutia and left-handed pitcher Omar Luis -- work out at the club’s complex in Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic, according to an industry source. The Orioles are scheduled to visit Soler in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, the source added.According to the Ken Rosenthal article linked up there, scouts are comparing Soler’s power to Mike Stanton, which seems impressive until you remember that Stanton was a pure average hitter who had only one double in his career.
Read Article >Why Your Team Should Be In On Jorge Soler
Jorge Soler is a 19-year-old Cuban outfield prospect making news. The Cubs were supposedly about to sign him. Then the scuttlebutt on Tuesday had to do with the Yankees still being interested. There’s an active tug-of-war going on for Soler, who is widely believed to be a mighty fine prospect. Kevin Goldstein, for example, would rank him among baseball’s top 40 prospects, and followed that up by writing …
(Soler has the) protypical RF package with plenty of athleticism and raw power. If he was an American high school kid entering the 2012 draft, he’d be a single-digit pick.But Soler isn’t in the news because he’s a great prospect. He’s in the news because it’s February, and we’re all sick of reading about Roy Oswalt. There isn’t a lot of Hot Stove League left, and there certainly isn’t any baseball to discuss. It’s the dead zone, and filling it with news of a quality, up-for-grabs prospect will do just fine.
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