What’s Up with Jorge Soler’s Suppressed Power Numbers?

Jorge Soler straight crushes baseballs. In fact, I’ve heard rumors that Discovery Channel is in talks with him to star in a new show called How It’s Destroyed.

But despite regularly generating enough force to achieve terminal velocity, Soler has yet to see appreciable results in his power numbers. His paltry total of 6 home runs sits behind every other player in the top 24 in terms of average batted ball speed, a list that includes such power-hitting luminaries as Justin Bour, David Peralta, and Justin Smoak.

So why isn’t the Cubs’ right fielder seeing the same results as these other guys? Well, let’s look at how he’s hitting the ball. The average major leaguer has a soft/med/hard contact…