[Mick]

MLB.com is reporting Soler and Luke Jackson to Atlanta. No information available yet on what the Giants are getting in return.

Terrific!  Sabin Ceballos and Tyler Matzek are headed to SF.

Sarcasm? Ceballos is the Braves 17th ranked prospect and Matzek is on the 60 day IL. Looks like Farhan is selling, and selling on the cheap. . . .

Pure salary dump... Soler never translated last year's 36 HRs (32 of which would have been HRs at Oracle) to 30+ at Oracle. Although he's at 116 OPS+, above his career OPS+ of 113, and he's always been a strong second half player...and he's not all that far off of last year's pace:

2023: .250/.341/.512/.853
2024: .240/.330/.419/.749

He's usually .900+ WAR in the last two months of the season, so he probably would have got there, more by doubles and triples than HRs, of course. And Luke Jackson and his 5.40 ERA needed to go. Both were expensive for what they brought to the table.

Matzek's done with his 9.90 ERA. Ceballos played a year at Oregon, did well, has played in high A this year, nothing to write home about: .259/.353/.354/.707. Makes decent contact, but projects as a 1B. For 6'3", 225 lbs. shows doubles power not HR power. Stranger things have happened, I guess...

[Mick]

MLB.com is reporting Soler and Luke Jackson to Atlanta. No information available yet on what the Giants are getting in return.

Terrific!  Sabin Ceballos and Tyler Matzek are headed to SF.

Sarcasm? Ceballos is the Braves 17th ranked prospect and Matzek is on the 60 day IL. Looks like Farhan is selling, and selling on the cheap. . . .

Pure salary dump... Soler never translated last year's 36 HRs (32 of which would have been HRs at Oracle) to 30+ at Oracle. Although he's at 116 OPS+, above his career OPS+ of 113, and he's always been a strong second half player...and he's not all that far off of last year's pace:

2023: .250/.341/.512/.853
2024: .240/.330/.419/.749

He's usually .900+ WAR in the last two months of the season, so he probably would have got there, more by doubles and triples than HRs, of course. And Luke Jackson and his 5.40 ERA needed to go. Both were expensive for what they brought to the table.

Matzek's done with his 9.90 ERA. Ceballos played a year at Oregon, did well, has played in high A this year, nothing to write home about: .259/.353/.354/.707. Makes decent contact, but projects as a 1B. For 6'3", 225 lbs. shows doubles power not HR power. Stranger things have happened, I guess...