Michael Soroka Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 5" / 250 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/4/1997 (26)
- Experience
- 4
- College
- None
Michael Soroka Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Michael Soroka News
Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said that right-hander Michael Soroka is being removed from the starting rotation. But instead of being cut or demoted to the minors, Soroka will be moved to the bullpen. The 26-year-old has posted a 6.39 ERA (6.74 FIP) and 1.51 WHIP with 24 walks and 24 strikeouts in 43 2/3 innings over nine starts. He currently leads the league in earned runs allowed (31) and home runs allowed (10), which shows even further how ineffective he had been before the demotion to a relief role. Soroka will be put into a long-relief role for the time being and will need to pitch much better than he has in order to be considered a rotation option for the Pale Hose later this season. Right-hander Brad Keller is taking Soroka's rotation spot and will now become an option in AL-only leagues.
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Soroka pitched well, but suffered a loss versus the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. The right-hander bounced back from a rough first start of the season and tossed a quality start. In six innings, Soroka allowed six hits, two runs, no walks and struck out two. Soroka has been sidelined with a bevy of injuries the past few seasons, but does own a career 3.40 ERA. He won't have many opportunities to pick up victories on a bad White Sox team and doesn't offer much in terms of strikeouts which lowers his value. His best value is as a streamer in favorable matchups for now. Next up for Soroka will be a division battle against the Cleveland Guardians.
Chicago White Sox right-hander Michael Soroka (forearm) said that he has resumed throwing this offseason and "feels great." Despite finishing the 2023 campaign on the 60-day injured list with right-forearm inflammation, the White Sox acquired him from the Atlanta Braves as part of a package that sent left-handed reliever Aaron Bummer to Atlanta. The 26-year-old Canadian came in second in National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2019 when he went 13-4 with a 2.68 ERA and 1.11 WHIP, but he started only three games in 2020 and missed all of 2021 and 2022 after tearing his Achilles twice. Soroka was a worthwhile starting pitching flier for the rebuilding White Sox, and he should be in play to open the 2024 season in the team's starting rotation as long as he can avoid any setbacks this winter.
Batting Order
1 | Tommy Pham |
2 | Andrew Vaughn |
3 | Eloy Jiménez |
4 | Paul DeJong |
5 | Andrew Benintendi |
6 | Korey Lee |
7 | Gavin Sheets |
8 | Zach Remillard |
9 | Braden Shewmake |
Michael Soroka Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Tommy Pham |
2 | Andrew Vaughn |
3 | Eloy Jiménez |
4 | Paul DeJong |
5 | Andrew Benintendi |
6 | Korey Lee |
7 | Gavin Sheets |
8 | Zach Remillard |
9 | Braden Shewmake |
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Soroka's 2020 season lasted just three starts after suffering a torn Achilles in August. Although the Braves have yet to provide a timetable for his return, Soroka did begin throwing again in early January, so he should at least be able to partake in some sort of spring training. Opening Day will be eight months after his injury, so even if Soroka isn't ready for the first game of the season, he shouldn't be far off. When Soroka is back on the mound, he will slot into an impressive rotation and will look to get back to the 2019 version of himself when he put up a 13-4 record over 29 starts and 174.2 innings with a 2.68 ERA and 1.111 WHIP in his first full season in the majors. The underlying numbers did raise some concerns over Soroka's ability to repeat that, as he also had a 4.28 SIERA and 3.85 xFIP. Soroka will likely continue that trend given his propensity to induce lots of weak contact rather than miss bats, as his career 19.6% strikeout rate has translated into 171 strikeouts in 214 innings. Soroka's current ADP is around 170, and even though a lack of strikeouts will limit his upside, the Braves offense will help him accumulate wins and his ERA and WHIP will be useful, providing draft value even if he misses the first month of the season. Just monitor his injury progress this spring.