Soler remembers playing video games when the Giants traded him to the Braves originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
Jorge Soler was relaxing away from baseball on Monday when he received the news that the Giants were trading with him to the Atlanta Braves before the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline.
The 11-year MLB veteran was playing when San Francisco manager Bob Melvin called to let him know he was heading to the Southeast, per an exclusive article published Wednesday by Justin Toscano of the Atlantic Journal-Constitution.
“And it occurred to me while I was playing,” Soler told Toscano. “I was like, ‘Oh man, I just got traded!’ ”
Soler told Toscano he continued playing after learning he was headed to Atlanta. Whether he was playing “MLB: The Show” or EA’s “College Football 25” or something else was unknown.
Soler wasn’t alone during the relatively hilarious trade process, as he was traded to Peach State with pitcher Luke Jackson.
Two former Braves, Soler and Jackson, were eager to return to the what they consider “home”.
The trip there, however, was not all sunshine and rainbows.
“Jorge Soler and Luke Jackson traveled together – and for much longer than they expected,” Toscano wrote. “Their flight from San Francisco was delayed twice and ended up departing about six hours after its scheduled takeoff date.
“They went to Starbird Chicken at San Francisco International Airport – twice. And after they landed in Chicago, a driver took them to Milwaukee.”
Soler and Jackson have finally arrived in Atlanta and have already made their debut. All it took was for the two of them – separated by a language barrier – to spend the whole day together.
“I’ve never been this close to him,” Soler told Toscano about Jackson, through interpreter Franco García. “I’ve never spent so much time with him.”
The two newly united traveling brothers will have the rest of their Braves tenures to get to know each other more.
Maybe Soler and Jackson could connect more by playing video games on the PlayStation.
