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Joe Maddon on Jorge Soler: ‘I saw a major league baseball player out there’
- Updated: May 21, 2016
3:28 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO — How many times do you need to be reminded that Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward was signed for much more than what he does at the plate?
You can literally add a defensive run saved to his 2016 total — he had five coming into Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants — as he potentially sacrificed his right hip to make a diving catch on the first batter of the game in the Cubs’ 8-1 win.
“I’m at a loss for words,” winning pitcher Jake Arrieta said after the game. “An amazing catch.”
Jorge Soler drew high praise from Joe Maddon not only for his eighth-inning home run, but for his defense. AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Manager Joe Maddon says he thinks Denard Span would have had an inside-the-park home run if the ball fell in, and maybe the whole night would have been different. We’ll know more about Heyward’s condition Saturday, but for now the assumption has to be that he could be lost for at least a little while. That means once again Jorge Soler will be thrust into the spotlight.
In perhaps an ironic twist, …
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