Miami Marlins LF Jorge Soler is injured

We recently wrote about Jorge Soler and now things have actually taken a downward spiral. Soler missed the last three games (today there was no game anyway) and now there’s a genuine concern as to what happened. The Miami Marlins didn’t announce any particular injury, but it’s assumed that he is.

Jorge Soler of the Miami Marlins appears to be injured.

Jorge Soler slashed .195/.287/.391 so far this season in 133 AB’s. He has also produced 7 home runs and 18 RBI. Soler’s production has been seen as worse than normal, as he hit .269/.358/.524 for the Atlanta Braves last season (post-trade from the Kansas City Royals), and hit .265/.354/.569 for the Kansas City Royals in 2019, adding 48 home runs and 117 RBI to compile a monster season.

It’s obvious that Jorge Soler hasn’t been as good as he normally is, but he was turning things around prior to the injury and was becoming the power hitting threat that The Fish need in the middle of the lineup. It’s frustrating not knowing what the injury is, but time will tell and it doesn’t appear to be too serious. Reporter Christina De Nicola says that it’s a lower back sprain.

Soler’s down production this season does seem to be strongly connected to his current injury. I believe that whatever he has is the main culprit behind his struggles, and that once he’s back that he’ll hit the way that he did down the stretch last season. In fact, it’s projected that he’ll hit 23 home runs going forward, which would put him at 30 for the season. I suspect that he can do better than that and the projected by Steamer .228/.321/.439 slash line.

Jorge Soler is supposed to be an integral part of the Miami Marlins and while we don’t know what his current injury is, it’s luckily not looking too serious. Soler could be back as early as tomorrow, and when he does you can expect him to live up to his contract and to be the middle of the order bat that we need.