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Braves trade DH/OF Jorge Soler to Angels for RHP Griffin Canning

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The Atlanta Braves have dealt outfielder Jorge Soler to the Los Angeles Angeles in exchange for right-handed pitcher Griffin Canning, the teams announced on Thursday.

Soler batted .241 with 21 home runs and 64 RBI in 2024 with the Braves and San Francisco Giants. The 32-year-old Cuba native began the season with San Francisco before being traded to Atlanta at the MLB trade deadline in July.

Soler will enter the second year of a three-year, $42 million contract he signed while with the Giants in February.

Canning, 28, made 31 starts for the Angels this past season and recorded six wins, 130 strikeouts and a 1.40 WHIP in 171.2 innings pitched.

This story will be updated.

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