Thanks to BN’er Eric, who’s on the scene for today’s intrasquad game at Cubs camp and is an awesome dude, we’ve already got video of Jorge Soler dropping a BOMB on Nick Struck. Soler took the 3-1 offering from Struck way out to left field. Let the overreactions begin (seriously: it’s OK to irrationally enjoy this).
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