PITTSBURGH – The Cubs are nearing a tipping point with their roster, the moment where they can’t worry about egos or defer as much to development, making difficult decisions to try to win that night’s game.
Jorge Soler is one of several moving parts here, a rookie so talented manager Joe Maddon called him Vladimir Guerrero with plate discipline in spring training, predicting he would have been a No. 1 overall pick if he had not been born in Cuba.
But you’re seeing Soler experience some growing pains at the age of 23, which can’t be all that surprising for someone who played in only 151 minor-league games across parts of the last three seasons.