The Atlanta Braves traded outfielder Jorge Soler to the Los Angeles Angels for right-hander Griffin Canning on Thursday, kicking off the hot-stove season with a deal that sends a power bat to Los Angeles and adds pitching depth to Atlanta's rotation, the teams announced.
This marks the second time Soler has been traded in the last three months. After signing a three-year, $42 million free agent contract with San Francisco last winter, the Giants dealt him to Atlanta, where he had won a championship in 2021.
Soler, whose mammoth home run in Game 6 of the World Series remains a hallmark for that Braves team, hit .241/.338/.442 with 21 home runs and 64 RBIs in 142 games last season.
He is owed $32 million over the final two years of his contract. Canning, 28, is a former second-round pick who debuted in 2019 less than two years after being draft.