Jorge Soler was the unlikely MVP for the unlikely World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

The Braves spun their wheels during the first four months of the season, failing to reach .500 until Aug. 7. Then, with the desperate additions of Soler and others, the Georgians shifted into gear and cruised to baseball’s summit.

After beginning the season with the Kansas City Royals, Soler didn’t join the Atlanta Braves until a July 30 trade. Then due to a positive test for COVID-19, he wasn’t eligible for the National League Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After serving a 10-day quarantine, the 29-year-old Cuban showed he might be the healthiest man in

either dugout.

Soler, who speaks little English, prefers to let his booming bat do his talking.

For starters, the 6-foot-4, 210-pound designated hitter did something never before done in World Series history—he homered leading off the top of the first of Game 1 at Houston.

Soler was just warming up as Braves’ fans from Havana to Peach Street in Atlanta whooped and hollered.

The leadoff lightning was one of Soler’s three go-ahead homers in the Braves’ heroic quest to win the World Series.

Pinch hitting in Game Four, Soler added his second four-bagger in an Atlanta victory.

Soler saved his best for the grand finale in Game Six at Minute Maid Park in Houston. His epic blast off the Houston Astros’ Luis Garcia not only cleared the leftfield fence and bleachers, but the entire stadium as well, sailing into the Texas night. Its flight was measured at 446 feet.

By comparison, the longest homer ever launched at Minute Maid was 486 feet by Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder in 2011.

Soler finished the series six-for-20 at the plate with the three bombs and six RBIs. He was the unanimous MVP, chosen by the media.

It’s unlikely any of Soler’s heroics would have happened if not for a knee injury on July 10 to superstar outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.

With Acuna sidelined for the season, the Braves went shopping and came home with outfielders Joc Pederson, Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall, via trades, along with Soler.

Rosario was MVP of the National League Championship Series.

Soler becomes just the fourth designated hitter to win MVP honors, joining Paul Molitor in 1993, Hideki Matsui in 2009 and David Ortiz in 2013.

He is only the third MVP to have started the season with another team. Steve Pearce in 2018 and Donn Clendenon in 1969 are the others.

Soler is the second Cuban to become World Series MVP. Miami pitcher Livan Hernandez was the first in 1997.

The first African-American World Series MVP was St. Louis hurler Bob Gibson in 1964, while Pittsburgh outfielder Roberto Clemente was the first Hispanic to claim the honor in 1971.

Since 2017, the award’s official title is the Willie Mays World Series MVP in honor of the iconic Hall of Fame centerfielder.

Mays, despite his wonders, never won the World Series MVP. No one would ever suggest Soler is the next Willie Mays, but for one unlikely World Series, he played like Mays.