Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler is leaving hot-pot Miami to land on the West Coast with the San Francisco Giants on a three-year, $42 million deal.
The San Francisco Giants and the No. 1 hitter Jorge Soler They agreed on a Three-year contract worth $42 millionA source confirmed to ESPN.
The Giants have not officially announced the deal, which was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle earlier Tuesday.
Soler could have stayed with the Miami Marlins under his previous contract, however He declined a $9 million player optionwhich is an easy option after connecting 36 home runs And scored a Adjusted OPS+ of 128 Last season while participating in the first Stars game of his professional life.
The Giants are hoping Soler will add much-needed power to a team that finished 19th in the majors last season in home runs (174) and 27th in slugging percentage (.383). San Francisco also hired the star Korean player Jung Ho Lee with a six-year, $113 million deal in December.
As is always the case with Soler, who turns 32 at the end of this month, there are many changes that accompany his strength. In 870 games played in 10 seasons in the major leagues, he had 170 home runs and 927 hits.
Soler was one of the few hitters with an established record available in this free agent class. Drove American League With 48 home runs in 2019, when he played for the Kansas City Royals. In 2021, after being acquired in a midseason trade, Soler was the difference for the Atlanta Braves in their championship run: winning a title Best player in the world championship With three home runs in five games against the Houston Astros.
Soler parlayed his World Series performance into a multi-year deal with the Marlins, who used him primarily as a designated hitter the past two seasons.
ESPN's Jeff Passan and Buster Olney contributed to this report.
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