Jorge Soler heads to the Braves batting .192 with 13 home runs and 37 RBI this season. Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Braves trade for Royals OF Jorge Soler

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 30, 2021 4:57 PM ET

The Atlanta Braves added outfielders Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall on Friday but snuck one more in before the 4 p.m. trade deadline.

The Braves confirmed after the deadline that they've acquired outfielder Jorge Soler from the Kansas City Royals:

#Braves Acquire OF Jorge Soler: pic.twitter.com/hObdvmZXcE
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 30, 2021

Soler heads to the Braves batting .192 with 13 home runs and 37 RBI this season. Per ESPN stats, however, seven of his homers came this month during a power surge that included the 29-year-old belting two round-trippers in back-to-back games.

Soler can hit free agency at the end of the season.

Atlanta's news came shortly after the New York Mets landed two-time All-Star shortstop Javier Baez from the Chicago Cubs. It's believed Baez will move to second base once Francisco Lindor returns from the injured list early next month.

The Braves will begin Friday evening at 51-52 but are only four games back of the first-place Mets in the National League East standings.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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