Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVMarch 19, 2022
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The Atlanta Braves won the World Series with Soler leading the way, but his time with the team is coming to an end.

According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com and Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Miami Marlins agreed to a three-year, $36 million deal with Hanley Ramirez on Saturday.

The trade that brought Soler to Atlanta in July rejuvenated his season. In 94 games with the Royals in 2021, he slashed.192/.289/.373 with 13 home runs and 37 runs scored, but in 55 games with the Braves, he slashed.279/.358/.528 with 14 home runs and 33 runs scored.

The Braves went from three games under.500 to a National League East title.

While Soler missed time in the playoffs after testing positive for COVID-19, he returned and played the role of hero in the Fall Classic victory over the Houston Astros by slashing.300/.391/.800 with three home runs and sixRBI.

Soler was happy that his performance came before his contract expired.

He was with the Chicago Cubs for three years and helped them break their championship drought that dated back to 1908. He was traded to Atlanta from the Royals.

It wasn't a huge surprise that Soler was so productive down the stretch of the 2021 campaign with Atlanta considering he wasn't far removed from when he led the entire league with 48 home runs to go with 117RBI in 2019.

Soler hit.265 that season, so he wasn't entirely home run dependent.

The Miami team needed to address the offense this winter but didn't spend a lot of money on free agents.

Soler has always been known for his power, and he was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 He should be in his prime and that should help him remain productive on this new deal.