ARLINGTON -- Royals right fielder Jorge Soler, who has been sidelined since near the end of Spring Training with a left oblique strain, started his rehab assignment off on a positive note on Friday night.
Soler started in right for Triple-A Omaha and went 2-for-3 with three RBIs against Round Rock.
The Royals could certainly use Soler's bat in a lineup that entered Saturday's action hitting just .210, which ranked as the second worst average in the Majors behind the Rangers. Soler hit 12 homers and logged 31 RBIs in 86 games for the Cubs last season before being traded to the Royals for Wade Davis in the offseason.