The Atlanta Braves have dealt outfielder Jorge Soler to the Los Angeles Angeles in exchange for right-handed pitcher Griffin Canning, the teams announced on Thursday.
Soler slashed .241/.338/.442 with 21 home runs and 64 RBI in 2024 with the Braves and San Francisco Giants. The 32-year-old Cuba native began the season with San Francisco before being traded to Atlanta at the MLB trade deadline in July.
Soler will enter the second year of a three-year, $42 million contract he signed while with the Giants in February.
Soler was expendable from the Braves’ lineup with the anticipated return of Ronald Acuña Jr. next season and with the team expected to pick up Marcell Ozuna’s $16 million option for 2025.
Canning, 28, made 31 starts for the Angels this past season and recorded six wins, 130 strikeouts and a 1.40 WHIP in 171.2 innings pitched.
