When the Royals acquired outfielder Jorge Soler in an offseason trade that sent closer Wade Davis to Chicago, the industry consensus went something like this: In Soler, the club had landed a 25-year-old with premium offensive potential, a player who still needed to refine his average defensive skill-set and smooth out some rough edges.
If this is the book on Soler, then Tuesday afternoon offered something close to the Full Soler Experience in a 4-2 loss the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields.
Soler roped his first homer of the spring into the grass berm beyond the 390-foot sign in left-center field.