Braves outfielder Jorge Soler has been removed from his team’s NLDS roster due to a positive test for COVID-19, the league announced. Cristian Pache has been approved as a substitute to take Soler’s spot on the roster. Soler will be allowed to return the club once he clears COVID protocols.
The news comes less than two hours before the Braves look to close out the Brewers in Game 4 of their NLDS series. Soler had been announced as Atlanta’s starting right fielder and leadoff hitter in the game, but the revised lineup now sees Joc Pederson slide from left field to right, Adam Duvall from center to left field, and Guillermo Heredia (batting eighth) added as the new starter in center.
Soler will be quarantined for at least five days, as per David O’Brien of The Athletic (Twitter link), and he has to cleared as non-infectious by a four-person joint health and safety committee (two doctors, and one representative each from the league and the players’ union). If he is able to return after only that five-day minimum, Soler would possibly be in line to play by Game 2 of the National League Championship Series if the Braves advance past Milwaukee.
It has been a tough postseason for Soler, who has only one hit in 13 NLDS plate appearances. Nonetheless, the veteran was a big reason why Atlanta won the NL East in the first place, as Soler hit .269/.358/.524 with 14 home runs over 242 PA after being acquired from the Royals in a trade deadline deal. Soler had struggled over the first four months of the season, so his re-emergence with the Braves will surely help the 29-year-old’s case in free agency this winter.
The bigger issue at hand for the moment, however, is that the Braves now have a significant hole in their lineup. The trio of Pederson, Duvall, and Eddie Rosario (along with Soler, all midseason pickups) now projects as Atlanta’s first-choice outfield, with Heredia, Pache, Terrance Gore, and utilitymen Ehire Adrianza and Orlando Arcia all providing additional depth.
Cockroach theory says there’s never just one, or maybe it’s a false positive.
Braves better win today before the others show up positive too then. Don’t leave your fate to the discretion of the Baseball Gods. They show no mercy.
Acuna, Ozuna, Soroka…Soler. The legend grows. They’ll git ‘er dun.
All that missed WAR.
Oh wait….oops…wrong NL East team.
That’s right Marlins Fan Base. Get your facts in order. There’s only 1 fake champion team this season. The other 29 have to settle for being real champions.
So… Would this be considered a “positive development?”
One of the best posts of the year!
Braces WIN!
Flick the light on and let’s see.
Seriously, things like this usually aren’t relegated to a single player. Hopefully in this case it is. If he’s vaccinated and asymptomatic, there might a chance he will test negative in a near future test and make it back quicker than 10 days. Of course, that will only matter if the Braves advance.
Or it’s not as contagious as they want you to believe
painful loss, especially within a series
inb4 @DontcomebacktoATLFreeman comes in wishing Albies is next or something else god awful.
Pretty much what I’m expecting as well.
I don’t know how that dude hasn’t been permanently banned yet…they must have trouble tracking new accounts, or something.
Metsfan22 cheered when Acuna got hurt. I expect he’ll be ecstatic at this news.
I have this recurring nightmare where I find out everyone on this thread except me is just a ghost profile owned by MetsFan22.
That makes a hell of a lot of sense, but it also means that I’m MetsFan22. My mind is blown.
Am I MetsFan22 also? Can I lower my IQ that low? Maybe if I were injected with stem cells from Mike Lupica, Anthony DiComo and Matt Cerrone?
Hmmmm…
Metsfan22 also claims that if he “took baseball more seriously” he “would be the Juan Soto of pitching in MLB” because he “throws gas.” He literally said that. He’s just a kid though. His brain isn’t fully formed yet. His parents should really limit his internet time though because he is stating some very stupid opinions and some D-bags might actually hold them against him when he becomes an adult. I guess it won’t matter if he never admits his real name but still. What you say on the internet never goes away and if someone finds out who he is I could see people making fun of him for the rest of his life for some of the stuff he says. I pray to God my kid is never as dumb as him and if they are I certainly hope they never post idiotic opinions on the internet over and over again. I used to live in Queens around a ton of Mets fans. They aren’t that stupid. It really is just him. Someone should take the keyboard away from their child before he embarrasses himself even further.
Mets fan here. I don’t like seeing anyone get hurt.
Me too
He isn’t hurt.
Word is he had to go to the hospital for a four-hour chubby.
How many WAR did that cost him?
@Gabe. Because this site doesn’t block users by IP address.
Terrance Gore is on the Braves’ roster?
8 MLB seasons, including this year with zero regular season games for Gore, In the regular season, he has 102 games, 77 plate appearances, 40 stolen bases. And he won a ring with KC in 2015. I love that kind of thing. Quinten Berry had a similar career, but Berry did have regular playing time in 2012.
Next Posey gets covid
Highly doubt out of the clubhouse, the guy who took last year off due to concerns is being reckless.
Braves gonna Barves
Barves
Go Barves!
yes only the Braves get COVID. the curse of Puig or something.
more like they are finding ways to lose
Your a “the glass is empty kinda guy” HUH. Zero Hope!!
Just admit you were wrong. Don’t comment anything else.
@Don’tComeBacktoATLFreeman The Braves won. 3-1 series victory. Pretty smooth sailing against a real solid Brew Crew. Please voice your complaints about the Braves and their terrible front office again.
The beauty of his worldview is that the Braves could make it to game 7 of the World Series and he would still be able to complain. I wonder if the Braves won it all would he find a way to complain because it was only once since 1995?
When you want to be miserable, you will always find a way.
Braves could win the WS 4-1 and he would complain that they didn’t sweep
Cant believe we’re still doing this sit out for weeks if you test positive thing.
Literally letting fans pack the stadiums but it’s not ok for players to test positive.
#ClownWorld
Something tells me you aren’t actually lamenting stadiums packed with fans (although it’s a valid criticism), but rather are providing it as a whataboutism.
But either way, if you ran a business with multi-million dollar assets (whether it be robots, heavy duty vehicles, Major League Baseball Players, etc), you best believe you would remove one from the group if it could damage the rest of your fleet, whether it be an infectious disease, unintended acceleration, malfunction, etc. But since you don’t own multi-million dollar assets, you are acting as an armchair quarterback hiding behind the thin veneer that the “Covid regulations bad” movement has your back.
Also, “for weeks”? The article literally says for at least five days.
You know how you know someone is blow-Harding and trying to look as if they know more about business then they do?
They mistake employees contracts assets and not liabilities.
And what is it, 1854? Teams don’t own players home. Welcome to both emancipation and the labor revolution.
You know how you know someone is blow-Harding and trying to look as if they know more about accounting then they do?
They mistake professional athletes as purely an employee, and not also an asset to the team. Based on the context, the word “asset” was clearly referring to the player, not their contract.
Not to mention, I know nothing about business, nor did my comment make any pretensions that I did, as it was about as elementary of an example as possible.
They must have edited this. The original post said he would be out until Game 6 of the NLCS. Now it says Game 2. It said 10 days originally. Hence “weeks” because that’s more than one week.
But since you’re an expert about million dollar assets, curious why you wouldn’t want to protect those assets from the flu when a player contracts that?
They both roughly project as the same amount of time to recover from (2 weeks) and there’s now a vaccine for both.
20 something year olds aren’t dying from it. I’d love to hear your rational on this comparison. Since you seem to be a dedicated expert I’m trying my best to learn.
Will patiently wait your expert response. Thanks in advance.
News flash: teams send players home when they get the flu so it doesn’t spread to other players. The only difference here is that since Covid is a global pandemic, the league stepped in. Makes perfect sense to me.
No they don’t
abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=5791…
Nobody said I was an expert, and I myself know nothing about business (other than, if something costs a lot of money, protect it). My example was just about as elementary as it could get. But sorry that my, what – high school? – writing level leaves you in awe of me being an expert.
Anyway, we’re not going to change each other’s minds, as I stand by my point that if I were in charge of million dollar baseball players, I would try to protect them from Covid, and nothing I say will change your mind. I mean, @dorothy_mantooth pretty much nailed it in fewer words than I can and you still argued with them (all your article response to them said was that players are competitive and headstrong, and will do what it takes to be with other players, and while I do not know what happened behind the scenes, I would have to imagine if most coaches knew, they would send those players home). Likewise, as soon as you compared the flu to Covid, I was out. It’s an asinine comparison. For one thing, flu deaths went dramatically down last year to about 22,000 in America. That was, in part, due to shelter in place restrictions, and was at about 35,000 the year before. There have been 715k+ deaths from Covid in the US in over a year and a half WITH THE SAME RESTRICTIONS. Can you please explain how they are even remotely similar, other than being passed from one person to another? You mention young players aren’t likely to die, but they are just as likely to transmit it to their, you know, coaches, where it is not uncommon that some are over 65. That’s to say nothing of the long-term effects, which we know very little about, whereas the flu is well-researched at this point. And since this is a global pandemic, treatment and prevention are key, so sending them home is paramount. Do you know what else had a 0.02% rate of death, yet with vaccines was nearly eradicated? Measles. But I bet if we replaced measles with Covid, you would be saying “curious why you wouldn’t want to protect those assets from chicken pox when a player contracts that? … Since you seem to be a dedicated expert I’m trying my best to learn.” Which, by the way, no you are not. Give up the schtick.
Also, nobody says “weeks” when referring to 10 days. That is still a week, and a few days. If your doctor’s appointment was in 10 days, you would say week and a half, stop pretending otherwise.
Damn dude, get a hobby.
If you think my comment with lots of scary words is intimidating, you’ll lose your mind when you hear about these things called books. You should try reading one.
Soler’s bat will be missed. At some point, the Braves will need to bench Duvall and his home run, strikeout, or weak right-center popup at-bats. Not to mention his terrible baserunning. Please let him walk this off-season.
As for Soler, I wanted the Braves to bring him back but his clear selfishness means he is out once the season ends soon.
Why is he selfish?
Not bring cautious knowing the team needs him. It doesn’t matter though. The season will be over on Thursday.
How do you know he wasn’t cautious?
If the braves season isn’t over on Thursday you admit you were wrong and stop having opinions right?
Let’s hope it ends tonight, but a lot has to go right for them tonight. They need to capitalize on big moments but continue to fail on almost all the opportinuties. They won’t get away with mistakes when they face one of the teams from the West.
How do you know he wasn’t being cautious?
Not going to answer the question?
Let’s not. Hahah
@Don’tComeBacktoATLFreeman6 hours ago
“Not bring cautious knowing the team needs him. It doesn’t matter though. The season will be over on Thursday.”
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Can you get a new crystal ball, the one that you’ve been using for a number of years now is quite defective, take it back and see if you can get a refund or replacement for the defective one you’ve been making useless predictions with and try again. Trollol.
Yeah, I’m 4 days late to add to the conversation, but I’ve read on two different sites that Soler is/was vaccinated. That information wasn’t provided initially, and it may or may not be accurate. It does concern me that I haven’t seen a health update, asymptomatic or mild case etc. Has anyone seen an update lately?
What did Soler do that was selfish?
His bat will be missed, 1-13
Pederson 3-3 2 hrs will take his place.
Duvall did make a base running error, but has had a great return to the Braves..
Don’tComeBacktoATLFreeman, don’t be so negative!
I mean if you enjoy watching this team fail to close out a series yet again, then yea.. no need to be negative.
Here we go again with the umps haha. Literally, a joke.
Yes my good man, I still enjoy watching the Braves even if they lose – it’s called being a fan, even if the umps suck
That is fine. That does not however negate the fact this team is just not playing smart baseball. Luckily, they are up 2-1 but that will change soon. They are still making mistakes and the hitters are still trying to hit everything out of the park.
Wrong again Rosario single up the middle tie ball game
He doesn’t get that!!
Don’tComeBacktoATLFreeman, We agree to disagree, enjoy the game (it’s tied)
Hmmm… looks like their season isn’t over.
Snitker drags Rosario out of the line up hitting .300 in the series before today’s game, a career .276 hitter against lefties, and he comes up clutch in the big moment pinch hitting, and now his bat is lost for the rest of the game. It was absolutely ridiculous leaving him out of the starting lineup..
What a poor call on allowing Urias to catch a ball that clearly bounced.
I Too was surprised when they brought in Heredia instead of Rosario.
Wtf are you talking about?
Edit: A mistake, as it was announced he was PH for the pitcher.
Great to see Freeman get that moment off Hader and probably add some lbs to the bag this winter
Well earned, ask the fans at the gate what they want tonight, they the ones paying it
Lets see if Smith can end it
Who cares what the fans want. The fans don’t know anything nor should any winning team ask them what they want. Quickest way to start losing is doing what the fans want.
**** me man. The Braves outplayed the Brewers in all 4 games and did their best to lose the series. The Brewers have a weak offense. Great job by the Braves to finish it. Hope Soler is back soon!
Which is it? Outplayed them or did their best to lose the series? You seem real passive aggressive in all your posts. What I saw was a clutch RISP team and dominant pitching across the board.
It feels like you lost the tryout for the team mascot and now you’re criticizing the team and management at every turn.
Passive aggressive if I ever seen one.
You got one thing right tonight. **** you man, indeed.
@Acunaisoverrated @BumgarnerequalsNLCS @Don’tComeBacktoATLFreeman @Severalotherusernames
Trolls are going to troll.
Agreed! That dude gives the rest of us with overly long multi-word profile names a bad reputation!
Deer antler spray
Don’t bother to get vaccinated, you shouldn’t be allowed to play period. I would be pissed off as a fellow teammate, as a manager, as a Braves fan, to have a teammate be so inconsiderate as to not get vaccinated during a playoff run.