The Atlanta Braves managed to beat the Houston Astros in a 4 to 2 showing to win their first World Series in a generation. Atlanta was missing some major talent as the World Series took off, including a nasty leg break for pitcher Charlie Morton. Despite this setback it was Atlanta that made the victory seem almost effortless. One player who stood out was Jorge Soler despite having low statistics since his 48-homers in 2019.
What stood out for Soler in the 2021 World Series was his monstrous out-of-the-park 3-run homer in Game 6 of the World Series. This long shot has now created a famous baseball — and that baseball is coming up for auction.
SCP Auctions has Soler’s 3-run blast home run ball up in its Winter 2022 Auction (Image below by SCP Auctions). That auction will not occur until early 2022.
Also up for grabs in 2022 by SCP Auctions are also two more Braves home run baseballs from Game 6 of the Braves/Astros World Series. All three balls will come with a Letter of Provenance.
The second ball that is list by SCAP Auctions is Dansby Swanson’s 2-Run Home Run Baseball from Game 6 of the 2021 World Series and the third is Freddie Freeman’s 2021 World Series Game 6 7th inning Home Run Baseball from Game 6 of World Series. The trio of balls could easily get into six-figures if the bidding action takes off.
Jorge Soler was the league leader with 48 home runs for the Kansas City Royals in 2019, with a .265 batting average and a .569 slugging rate. He hit only 8 homers in 43 games during the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020, and playing for Royals and then the Braves in 2021 he had a combined 27 homers and 70 runs batted in. His total batting average was just .223 and his slugging percentage was down at .432 for the 2021 season. It was almost as if the 29 Cuban-born player had been written off, and that looks to be written off far too early.
Astros starter Luis Garcia was the pitcher who gave up that out-of-the-park blast in Game 6. This was one of the biggest home runs in modern World Series history — and now that ball is up for grabs.
