Yassel Soler
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 185LBS | Age: 18
MLB Pipeline Rank
DBACKS: No. 22 |
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 9 8 0 1 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Career Minors 394 349 59 98 8 7 .281 .353 .424 .777
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .125 0 0 .347
Career Minors .281 8 7 .777
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Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

SeasonTmLGLGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSHBPAVGOBPSLGOPS
2023 DSL Arizona Black DSL ROK 37 146 123 23 31 7 0 2 16 14 18 1 1 8 .252 .363 .358 .721
2024 2 Teams Minors 55 248 226 36 67 15 2 6 36 17 43 6 0 2 .296 .347 .460 .807
2024 ACL D-backs ACL ROK 53 239 218 36 66 15 2 6 35 16 41 6 0 2 .303 .351 .472 .823
2024 Visalia Rawhide CAL A 2 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Visalia Rawhide CAL A 2 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347

Scouting Report

2024

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 45 | Run: 40 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 45

Arizona signed Soler for $425,000 out of the Dominican Republic at the opening of the 2023 international period, and the infielder got his career off to a solid start in the Dominican Summer League, hitting .252/.363/.358 with two homers, a 12.3 percent strikeout rate and a 97 wRC+ over 37 games. He moved stateside for the 2024 season and once again held his own, this time with a .303/.351/.472 line and six homers in 53 games in the Arizona Complex League. His 17.2 percent K rate was third-lowest among the 32 qualified players aged 18 or younger in the ACL.

Batting from the right side, Soler looks impressively relaxed in the box and shows good bat-to-ball skills at such an early stage in his career. He’s hit the ball on the ground a ton early on in his career -- around 50 percent of the time in both the DSL and ACL -- and while the D-backs were enthused by how he was starting to elevate more late in 2024, he’ll need to do that over a longer sample to project for average home-run pop. Soler already pulls the ball a decent amount, so some lift would go a long way toward adding even more extra-base hits.

Even though the 5-foot-11 infielder is a below-average runner, the D-backs are pleased with how he’s taken to third base in the pros, believing he has the actions and arm strength to stick there for the long term. Between his contact rates and defense, there is a solid foundation for Soler to enter full-season ball next summer and become a larger piece of Arizona’s impressive Minor League infield depth.


Transactions

Team Date Transaction
09/06/2024 3B Yassel Soler assigned to Visalia Rawhide from ACL D-backs.
05/03/2024 3B Yassel Soler assigned to ACL D-backs from DSL Arizona Black.
01/15/2023 DSL Arizona Black activated 3B Yassel Soler.
01/15/2023 3B Yassel Soler assigned to DSL D-backs Black.
01/15/2023 Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 3B Yassel Soler to a minor league contract.