HOUSTON – When the Braves acquired four outfielders in July — Jorge Soler, Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall and Joc Pederson — to try to counter Ronald Acuña Jr.’s foul after the Venezuelan’s injury, they could never have imagined the contributions of each. one of four to win a World Series title.
In the case of the Puerto Rican Rosario and the Cuban Rosario, the result was dreamlike. Not only did they make an impact down the stretch of the regular season to help Atlanta win the NL East, but they were MVP in the NL Championship Series and the World Series, respectively.
“I am very proud of myself,” said Soler, whose mile-long 466-foot home run in the third inning Tuesday off Luis Garcia put the Braves on their way to victory Tuesday. “Thank God for the opportunity you have given me. Thanks to my family and all the fans who support us in all that we go ”.
Opportunity is precisely what came to Soler and Rosario when they arrived in Atlanta from Kansas City and Cleveland, respectively. The former was hitting just 192 / .288 / .370 when he was traded, while the latter — injured at the time of his trade — had produced just .254 / .296 / .389.
However, wearing the Braves uniform, they had OPS of .882 and .903, respectively.
“This was destiny,” said Rosario, wrapped in the Puerto Rican flag, after the Braves’ victory. “I thought it was going to be a long way off at the beginning of the year. I thought I was never going to get here, but look at me here.
“It was here that I was going to win my championship. God wanted it that way and look at me, enjoying my championship. God has a purpose for you, when you are good and work hard. I never stopped believing in myself ”.
Rosario had a total of 23 hits this postseason, just two short of Atlanta’s franchise record (Marquis Grissom, 1996). In the SCLN, he hit .560 with three homers and nine RBIs.
For his part, in the World Series, Soler — who suffered from COVID-19 a couple of weeks ago — hit three homers with a 1,191 OPS against the Astros.
“He’s an impressive talent,” Braves assistant hitting coach Roberto “Bobby” Magallanes said of Soler. “His numbers in Kansas City are not what he is and we reap the benefits of that.”
Soler, who was also part of the Cubs’ champion team in 2016, is the second Cuban to be MVP in a World Series, after Liván Hernández with the Marlins in 1997.
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Soler and Rosario, determinants for Atlanta