Jorge Soler’s lips curled into a smile as he listened to the question. The words needed no translation. The inquiry was about power, and Soler nodded his head, even as catching coach Pedro Grifol stood at his side, ready to interpret the question into his first language.
It was just after 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning. Soler, a 24-year-old outfielder, was standing inside a media room adjacent to the Royals clubhouse. A bank of cameras and reporters lined up just feet away.
The Royals media relations team had set up a make-shift press conference to accommodate Soler, the club’s most intriguing acquisition of the offseason.