Cubs fans who are hoping that their Cuban prospect, Jorge Soler, can pull a Yasiel Puig aren’t gonna like this:
#Cubs prospect Jorge Soler has stress fracture in left shin. Will be in walking boot 4-6 weeks. No Futures Game
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) June 27, 2013
#Cubs can’t say if Soler is done for the year.
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) June 27, 2013
Muskat reports that the fracture is in his left tibia and that he did it on a foul ball.
Soler’s year hasn’t been one to write home about. In April he was suspended for threatening the opposing team with a bat. Later that month he was suspended for not hustling. For the year he’s hitting a respectable .281/.343/.467 with eight homers and 35 driven in in 55 games. But it’s certainly not the stuff of a $30 million free agent deal and, in any case, may now be over.