On the news of Jorge Soler’s promotion, folks had interesting and funny reactions. For those who missed any of them, let’s check a few out …
Jorge Soler is indeed coming up to the majors. I for one bow to our new Cub position player overlords.
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) August 26, 2014
#VoteKodos
Soler was pulled from Iowa’s game, which sparked a freak-out on Twitter, and Matthew Pouliot dropped this gem:
Does Jorge Soler have a brother on twitter so we can find out if he's getting called up or not?
— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) August 26, 2014
Apparently he does: Dave Kaplan.
Abreu, Puig, Cespedes, Chapman, Alexei, Kendrys, Leonys, Rusney and now Jorge Soler coming up. Thank you, Cuba, for doing baseball so well.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 26, 2014
Hopefully Soler shines as brightly as many of the others.
Congrats to mi amigo @JorgeSoler68 on the call up to the show!! #MuchoPower
— Kris Bryant (@KrisBryant_23) August 26, 2014
Congrat.. To my Boy Asere aka Soler u deserved this kid asereeeeeeeee k volaaaaaaa @JorgeSoler68 pic.twitter.com/Cb7pm8fkjI
— Jeimer Candelario (@jeimer24C) August 26, 2014
I like to see org mates excited for each other. I’m sure there are many more out there, and will be today.
Oh, and with the promotion of Soler, we can probably congratulate the @Twins on becoming baseball's top farm system again. Maybe.
— Luke Blaize (@ltblaize) August 26, 2014
The best way for your organization’s farm system ranking to fall. I love it. Also, I love that Luke appropriately had to conclude that tweet with “maybe.”
I will admit it is pretty nice to see long suffering #Cubs fans get excited.
— Joe Hamrahi (@JHamrahi) August 26, 2014
Even if every prospect call up is like the birth of their child #Cubs
— Joe Hamrahi (@JHamrahi) August 26, 2014
We can’t help ourselves.
Remember, Soler is a Spanish verb meaning "to usually do."
So you can say "Jorge Soler homers" and it makes sense in two languages.
— Cubs No-Hit Streak (@CubsNoHitStreak) August 26, 2014
I don’t even care if that’s grammatically accurate in Spanish (I have no idea). It’s too much fun.
The great news, too, is that – as with Arismendy Alcantara and Javier Baez before him – Soler is still just the beginning.
And despite Baez, Alcantara, and Soler all being the majors now, I can continue to say:
"Help is on the way."
— Luke Blaize (@ltblaize) August 26, 2014
Man, the best is still yet to come, Cubs fans, Bryant and Russell don't arrive until next year. And this offseason is gonna be busy.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) August 26, 2014
Eeeeeeeeeeee!
A miscellaneous thought here: The Wife is originally from Cincinnati, and would have many places to stay if she decided to head on down and try and catch Soler’s debut/steal his toenail clippings. That is to say, she really likes Jorge Soler, and was very excited about the news of his promotion. A reminder that I was a good husband earlier this year:
Wife's birthday is tomorrow, which means it's always messed up by #BNBlogathon. Hopefully made up for it this year. pic.twitter.com/1OgUKSDJGa
— Brett Taylor (@BleacherNation) July 30, 2014
Read up on Soler’s promotion here at MiLB.com, complete with thoughts from his manager on the well-deserved promotion. Among Bryan Harper’s words: “He’s a special kid. He’s strong as can be. What we saw this year, even though it was just a couple hundred at-bats, was what we were all expecting from him. I think he’s lived up to it.” The Cubs were expecting Soler to be this good. Giggity.
Lastly, if you never watched that great interview with Jorge Soler earlier this year, now’s a great time to watch (or re-watch … so much joy):