Cubs Outfielder Jorge Soler Continues Rehab with Pelicans in Mills Cup Finals

September 13, 2015 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans News Release

WILMINGTON, DE. (SEPTEMBER 13, 2015) -- Chicago Cubs outfielder Jorge Soler will continue his Major League rehabilitation assignment with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, in Game One of the Mills Cup Championship Series on Sunday night at 5:05 p.m. ET at Frawley Stadium. The Pelicans are three wins away from their first Mills Cup since 2000.

Soler, rehabbing an oblique strain, made his Pelicans debut on Friday night in Game Three of the Southern Division Championship Series, going 1-for-2 with a double, a run scored, and a walk. He played six innings in right field, hitting third in the lineup. The Pelicans won the game 4-3, besting Winston-Salem in the best-of-three series to advance to take on the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

Soler, 23, is in his first full season with the Cubs. He made his Major League debut last season and spent the final month of the year with Chicago, seeing action in 24 games. In the Majors, Soler is batting .265 with 18 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, and 42 RBI in 90 games played. He has also struck out 111 times while drawing just 29 walks. This is his second stint on the DL this season.

A native of Havana, Cuba, Soler signed with the Cubs as an amateur free agent in 2012. He defected from Cuba in 2011 and signed a nine-year, $30 million contract on June 30, 2012.

A 6-foot-4-inch, 215-lb. right-handed batter, Soler was ranked the Cubs' No. 3 prospect by Baseball America entering the 2015 season.

Soler is the second Major League rehabber the Pelicans have received this year. Outfielder Chris Denorfia was received from the Chicago Cubs on a Major League rehab assignment on April 11. He played two games with the team on April 12 and 14 before departing from his rehab assignment on April 17.

Before Denorfia, the Pelicans had not hosted a Major League rehabber since All-Star Tim Hudson made two rehabilitation starts in Myrtle Beach on July 23, 2009. Soler is the tenth MLB rehabber in team history.

Game One of the Mills Cup Championship Series can be heard live on 1450 WRNN-AM ESPN Myrtle Beach, on the TuneIn Radio App, and via the MiLB First Pitch App, beginning with the Pregame Show at 4:45 p.m. ET.

For more information on the Pelicans postseason run, including an updated schedule of the Mills Cup Championship Series, visit the Pelicans 2015 Playoff Central.

The 2015 season marks the 17th season for the Pelicans franchise and first as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. For information on tickets to see the Pelicans in 2015, please call (843) 918-6000, e-mail info@myrtlebeachpelicans.com, or visit www.MyrtleBeachPelicans.com.

Chicago Cubs Outfielder Jorge Soler with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans

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