I imagine this won’t be the only award that Jorge Soler is nominated for, given the statistics he put up this season for the Kansas City Royals. Soler, 27, played in all 162 games this season and led the American League in home runs. Highlighted by a second half in which he slashed 0.299/0.411/0.665 with 15 doubles, 25 home runs, and 58 RBI’s (173 wRC+), being nominated for the Hank Aaron Award is a well-deserved honor.
The award was introduced in 1999 that originally honored the 25th year anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth‘s home run record and is given to the best hitter in each league.