Mike Soroka

Age: 22

Bats/Throws: R/R

6' 5" / 225

Birthdate: 8/4/1997 (22 y, 6 m, 19 d)
Drafted: 2015 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 28, Overall: 28, Team: Atlanta Braves
Contract: 1 yr, $TBD (2019)

Service Time: 1.146

Reported as the pre-2020 value.
1 year and 146 days days of service time.

Free Agent:

Becomes a free agent entering the 2025 season, after the conclusion of the 2024 season.

2025

Arb Eligible:

Projected to be arbitration eligible for the 2021 season.

2021

MiLB Options: 2

Reported as the pre-2020 season number of waiver options remaining.

Prospects Report

Team Rank: 3Overall Rank: 36Reported: 2019ETA: 2019

Fastball	Slider	Changeup	Command	Future Value
55 / 55	55 / 55	50 / 55	45 / 55	55

RotoWire News: Soroka will start the third game of the NLDS on Sunday in St. Louis, Gabe Burns of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. (10/2/2019)

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Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2015	Braves (R)	0	0	4	3	10.0	9.90	0.90	0.00	.208	75.0 %	52.2 %	0.0 %	1.80	2.01	2.45
2015	Braves (R)	0	2	6	6	24.0	9.75	1.50	0.00	.384	64.7 %	51.4 %	0.0 %	3.75	2.10	2.98
2016	Braves (A)	9	9	25	24	143.0	7.87	2.01	0.19	.305	67.8 %	51.0 %	2.8 %	3.02	2.78	3.21
2017	Braves (AA)	11	8	26	26	153.2	7.32	1.99	0.59	.275	73.0 %	46.2 %	6.8 %	2.75	3.19	3.28
2018	Braves (A)	0	0	1	1	3.2	7.36	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %	62.5 %	0.0 %	0.00	1.83	2.75
2018	Braves (AAA)	2	1	5	5	27.0	10.33	2.00	0.00	.299	76.9 %	70.1 %	0.0 %	2.00	1.70	2.21
2018	Braves	2	1	5	5	25.2	7.36	2.45	0.35	.345	64.6 %	44.0 %	5.0 %	3.51	2.85	3.63	0.6
2019	Braves (AAA)	1	0	2	2	9.1	9.64	0.96	0.96	.191	43.5 %	72.7 %	20.0 %	3.86	3.20	2.78
2019	Braves	13	4	29	29	174.2	7.32	2.11	0.72	.280	79.9 %	51.2 %	11.1 %	2.68	3.45	3.85	4.0
2019	Braves	0	0	1	1	7.0	9.00	0.00	0.00	.125	50.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	1.29	1.21	2.92
2020	THE BAT	12	10	31	31	182.0	7.37	2.37	0.95	.305	71.4 %			3.83	3.88
2020	ATC	12	8	30	30	177.0	7.68	2.29	1.02	.309	74.5 %			3.62	3.77
2020	Depth Charts	11	8	31	31	182.0	7.87	1.95	1.04	.308	73.3 %			3.64	3.73		3.7
2020	Steamer	12	10	31	31	189.0	7.86	1.86	1.15	.303	71.6 %	50.7 %		3.94	3.88	3.92	3.4
2020	ZiPS	11	6	31	31	176.0	7.88	2.05	0.92	.300	75.1 %			3.32	3.58		4.0
Total	- - -	15	5	34	34	200.1	7.32	2.16	0.67	.289	77.4 %	50.2 %	10.3 %	2.79	3.38	3.82	4.6
Postseason	- - -	0	0	1	1	7.0	9.00	0.00	0.00	.125	50.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	1.29	1.21	2.92

Standard

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2015	Braves (R)	0	0	1.80	4	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	38	5	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	11
2015	Braves (R)	0	2	3.75	6	6	0	0	0	0	24.0	105	28	12	10	0	4	0	2	1	0	26
2016	Braves (A)	9	9	3.02	25	24	1	0	0	0	143.0	585	130	58	48	3	32	0	9	8	1	125
2017	Braves (AA)	11	8	2.75	26	26	0	0	0	0	153.2	627	133	58	47	10	34	0	10	7	0	125
2018	Braves (A)	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2018	Braves (AAA)	2	1	2.00	5	5	1	1	0	0	27.0	104	20	6	6	0	6	0	0	1	0	31
2018	Braves	2	1	3.51	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	113	30	14	10	1	7	0	0	2	0	21
2019	Braves (AAA)	1	0	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	33	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	10
2019	Braves	13	4	2.68	29	29	0	0	0	0	174.2	701	153	56	52	14	41	1	7	3	0	142
2019	Braves	0	0	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
2020	THE BAT	12	10	3.83	31	31					182.0	763	179	84	77	19	48	2	8			149
2020	ATC	12	8	3.62	30	30			0		177.0		176	77	71	20	45	0	1			151
2020	Depth Charts	11	8	3.64	31	31			0		182.0		179	80	74	21	39		7			159
2020	Steamer	12	10	3.94	31	31	0	0	0		189.0	797	194	90	83	24	39		8			165
2020	ZiPS	11	6	3.32	31	31					176.0		165	70	65	18	40	1	6	4	1	154
Total	- - -	15	5	2.79	34	34	0	0	0	0	200.1	814	183	70	62	15	48	1	7	5	0	163
Postseason	- - -	0	0	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7

Advanced

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2015	Braves (R)	9.90	0.90	11.00	0.00	29.0 %	2.6 %	26.3 %	.143	0.60	.208	75.0 %			2.01
2015	Braves (R)	9.75	1.50	6.50	0.00	24.8 %	3.8 %	21.0 %	.283	1.33	.384	64.7 %			2.10
2016	Braves (A)	7.87	2.01	3.91	0.19	21.4 %	5.5 %	15.9 %	.239	1.13	.305	67.8 %			2.78
2017	Braves (AA)	7.32	1.99	3.68	0.59	19.9 %	5.4 %	14.5 %	.228	1.09	.275	73.0 %			3.19
2018	Braves (A)	7.36	0.00	3.00	0.00	27.3 %	0.0 %	27.3 %	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %			1.83
2018	Braves (AAA)	10.33	2.00	5.17	0.00	29.8 %	5.8 %	24.0 %	.204	0.96	.299	76.9 %			1.70
2018	Braves	7.36	2.45	3.00	0.35	18.6 %	6.2 %	12.4 %	.283	1.44	.345	64.6 %	86	71	2.85
2018	Average	8.53	3.25	2.63	1.16	22.3 %	8.5 %	13.8 %	.245	1.30	.293	72.8 %			4.19
2019	Braves (AAA)	9.64	0.96	10.00	0.96	30.3 %	3.0 %	27.3 %	.156	0.64	.191	43.5 %			3.20
2019	Braves	7.32	2.11	3.46	0.72	20.3 %	5.9 %	14.4 %	.234	1.11	.280	79.9 %	60	79	3.45
2019	Braves	9.00	0.00	7.00	0.00	30.4 %	0.0 %	30.4 %	.087	0.29	.125	50.0 %	29	27	1.21
2019	Average	8.88	3.29	2.69	1.40	23.0 %	8.5 %	14.4 %	.249	1.33	.296	72.3 %			4.49
2020	THE BAT	7.37	2.37	3.11	0.95				.258	1.25	.305	71.4 %			3.88
2020	ATC	7.68	2.29	3.35	1.02				.261	1.25	.309	74.5 %			3.77
2020	Depth Charts	7.87	1.95	4.04	1.04				.258	1.20	.308	73.3 %			3.73
2020	Steamer	7.86	1.86	4.22	1.15	20.7 %	4.9 %	15.8 %	.258	1.23	.303	71.6 %			3.88
2020	ZiPS	7.88	2.05	3.85	0.92				.250	1.16	.300	75.1 %			3.58
Total	- - -	7.32	2.16	3.40	0.67	20.0 %	5.9 %	14.1 %	.241	1.15	.289	77.4 %	64	78	3.38
Postseason	- - -	9.00	0.00	7.00	0.00	30.4 %	0.0 %	30.4 %	.087	0.29	.125	50.0 %	29	27	1.21

ZiPS 3 Year Projections

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Age	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP	WAR
2020	22	11	6	31	31	176.0	165	70	65	18	40	154	7.88	2.05	3.85	0.92	.250	1.16	.300	75.1 %	3.32	3.58	4.0
2021	23	12	6	31	31	181.0	168	70	65	17	39	158	7.86	1.94	4.05	0.85	.248	1.14	.300	74.8 %	3.23	3.44	4.4
2022	24	11	6	30	30	175.0	161	66	62	17	37	155	7.97	1.90	4.19	0.87	.246	1.13	.298	75.8 %	3.19	3.44	4.2

Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Soft%	Med%	Hard%	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2015	Braves (R)	1.20	4.3 %	52.2 %	43.5 %	40.0 %	0.0 %			20.8 %	20.8 %	58.3 %						2.45
2015	Braves (R)	1.44	12.9 %	51.4 %	35.7 %	20.0 %	0.0 %			42.5 %	17.8 %	39.7 %						2.98
2016	Braves (A)	1.94	22.8 %	51.0 %	26.2 %	25.5 %	2.8 %			43.4 %	21.3 %	35.3 %						3.21
2017	Braves (AA)	1.36	20.0 %	46.2 %	33.9 %	20.5 %	6.8 %			45.2 %	22.7 %	32.2 %						3.28
2018	Braves (A)	1.67	0.0 %	62.5 %	37.5 %	33.3 %	0.0 %			50.0 %	25.0 %	25.0 %						2.75
2018	Braves (AAA)	3.92	11.9 %	70.1 %	17.9 %	0.0 %	0.0 %			49.3 %	28.4 %	22.4 %						2.21
2018	Braves	1.85	32.1 %	44.0 %	23.8 %	0.0 %	5.0 %	13.5 %	0.0 %	50.6 %	24.7 %	24.7 %	14.1 %	56.5 %	29.4 %	4.17	89	3.63
2019	Braves (AAA)	3.20	4.5 %	72.7 %	22.7 %	20.0 %	20.0 %			59.1 %	9.1 %	31.8 %						2.78
2019	Braves	2.02	23.5 %	51.2 %	25.3 %	14.3 %	11.1 %	6.7 %	25.0 %	44.3 %	33.9 %	21.8 %	19.0 %	44.7 %	36.3 %	4.28	87	3.85
2019	Braves	1.33	12.5 %	50.0 %	37.5 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %							2.51	65	2.92
Total	- - -	2.00	24.7 %	50.2 %	25.1 %	12.3 %	10.3 %	7.5 %	23.1 %	45.2 %	32.6 %	22.2 %	18.3 %	46.4 %	35.3 %	4.26	87	3.82
Postseason	- - -	1.33	12.5 %	50.0 %	37.5 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %							2.51	65	2.92

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2015	Braves (R)	12	10	1	4					6	58	64
2015	Braves (R)	36	25	9	5					21	151	172
2016	Braves (A)	206	106	92	27					697	1404	2101
2017	Braves (AA)	199	146	86	30					785	1499	2284
2018	Braves (A)	5	3	0	1					17	28	45
2018	Braves (AAA)	47	12	8	0					122	259	381
2018	Braves	37	20	27	0	5	1	0	17	147	258	405
2019	Braves (AAA)	16	5	1	1					43	76	119
2019	Braves	255	126	117	18	17	12	3	103	883	1674	2557
2019	Braves	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	36	54	90
Total	- - -	292	146	144	18	22	13	3	120	1030	1932	2962
Postseason	- - -	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	36	54	90

Win Probability

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch
2018	Braves	-0.20	-2.27	2.07	-2.77	-0.30	1.11	0.97	0.87	1.38	5	-0.01	-0.17
2019	Braves	3.45	-10.56	14.02	35.63	3.57	1.04	0.96	0.88	1.36	29	3.12	0.20
2019	Braves	0.21	-0.10	0.31	2.42	0.25	0.68	0.83	0.87	0.52	1	0.38	-0.07
Total	- - -	3.25	-12.83	16.08	32.86	3.28	1.05	0.96	0.88	1.36	34	3.11	-0.02
Postseason	- - -	0.21	-0.10	0.31	2.42	0.25	0.68	0.83	0.87	0.52	1	0.38	-0.07

Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CH%	XX%
2018	Braves	68.3% (92.6)	22.3% (85.3)	9.4% (82.2)	0.2%
2019	Braves	63.4% (92.5)	24.2% (83.2)	12.3% (81.3)	0.2%
Total	- - -	64.1% (92.5)	24.0% (83.5)	11.9% (81.4)	0.2%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FS%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2018	Braves	28.6 %	39.3 %		23.0 %		9.1 %
2019	Braves	18.7 %	44.5 %	0.0 %	24.3 %	0.0 %	12.5 %
Total	- - -	20.0 %	43.8 %	0.0 %	24.1 %	0.0 %	12.0 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFS	vSL	vCU	vCH
2018	Braves	92.6	92.6		85.2		82.2
2019	Braves	92.9	92.3	80.8	83.2	82.4	81.3
Total	- - -	92.8	92.3	80.8	83.4	82.4	81.4

Pitch Info Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	SI%	CH%	SL%
2018	Braves	29.4 %	39.5 %	9.4 %	21.7 %
2019	Braves	18.4 %	45.0 %	12.4 %	24.3 %
Total	- - -	19.9 %	44.2 %	12.0 %	23.9 %

Pitch Info Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vSI	vCH	vSL
2018	Braves	92.9	93.1	82.6	85.5
2019	Braves	92.9	92.2	81.2	83.1
Total	- - -	92.9	92.3	81.3	83.4

Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2018	Braves	0.3	-0.6	0.2	0.12	-0.69	0.57
2019	Braves	18.7	8.7	5.6	1.15	1.41	1.79
Total	- - -	19.0	8.1	5.8	1.00	1.14	1.66

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFS	wSL	wCU	wCH
2018	Braves	-1.0	1.3		-0.4		0.3
2019	Braves	8.2	10.5	0.2	9.0	0.2	6.2
Total	- - -	7.2	11.8	0.2	8.6	0.2	6.5

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFS/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2018	Braves	-0.90	0.79		-0.44		0.83
2019	Braves	1.74	0.93	16.35	1.46	16.35	1.95
Total	- - -	1.22	0.91	16.35	1.21	16.35	1.84

Pitch Info Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wSI	wCH	wSL
2018	Braves	-0.7	1.2	0.3	-0.7
2019	Braves	4.7	15.2	5.7	9.1
Total	- - -	4.0	16.5	6.0	8.4

Pitch Info Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wSI/C	wCH/C	wSL/C
2018	Braves	-0.59	0.76	0.69	-0.76
2019	Braves	1.00	1.34	1.83	1.47
Total	- - -	0.68	1.27	1.71	1.19

Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2018	Braves	31.6 %	65.9 %	46.8 %	59.2 %	89.0 %	77.8 %	44.3 %	57.5 %	10.4 %
2018	Average	30.9 %	67.3 %	46.6 %	62.8 %	85.5 %	76.9 %	43.0 %	60.6 %	10.7 %
2019	Braves	33.8 %	67.6 %	48.2 %	65.5 %	87.4 %	78.6 %	42.6 %	63.8 %	10.3 %
2019	Average	31.6 %	68.5 %	47.0 %	62.7 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	41.8 %	60.9 %	11.1 %
Total	- - -	33.5 %	67.4 %	48.0 %	64.7 %	87.6 %	78.5 %	42.9 %	62.9 %	10.3 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2018	Braves	31.3 %	62.9 %	46.7 %	56.9 %	88.7 %	77.8 %	48.6 %	21.2
2018	Average	30.4 %	64.4 %	46.6 %	60.1 %	85.6 %	76.9 %	47.7 %	23.5
2019	Braves	31.0 %	67.9 %	48.3 %	61.8 %	87.1 %	78.5 %	47.0 %	23.2
2019	Average	30.6 %	65.2 %	47.0 %	59.4 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	47.4 %	24.4
Total	- - -	31.0 %	67.2 %	48.1 %	61.1 %	87.4 %	78.4 %	47.2 %	22.9

Pitch Info Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2018	Braves	30.5 %	64.6 %	46.7 %	55.4 %	89.5 %	77.8 %	47.4 %	21.8
2019	Braves	31.8 %	68.0 %	48.4 %	62.7 %	87.3 %	78.6 %	45.8 %	23.5
Total	- - -	31.7 %	67.5 %	48.2 %	61.8 %	87.6 %	78.5 %	46.0 %	23.3

Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPT	DPF	SB	FP
2018	Braves (A)	P	1	1	3.2	1	0			0
2018	Braves (AAA)	P	5	5	27.0	4	2			0
2018	Braves	P	5	5	25.2	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.000
2019	Braves (AAA)	P	2	2	9.1	2	0			1
2019	Braves	P	29	29	174.2	9	27	0	0	5	4	0	1	6	1.000
Total	- - -	P	34	34	200.1	10	30	0	0	6	5	0	1	7	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rPM	DRS	FRM
2018	Braves	P	25.2	0	0	0.1
2019	Braves	P	174.2	4	5	1.8
Total	- - -	P	200.1	4	5	1.9

Inside Edge Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	Impossible (0%)	Remote (1-10%)	Unlikely (10-40%)	Even (40-60%)	Likely (60-90%)	Routine (90-100%)
2018	Braves	P	25.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (3)
2019	Braves	P	174.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (1)	100.0% (2)	100.0% (3)	100.0% (23)
Total	- - -	P	200.1	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (1)	100.0% (2)	100.0% (3)	100.0% (26)

Value

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-WAR	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2018	Braves	0.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.5	5.7	0.6	$5.0
2019	Braves	6.1	0.6	1.4	2.1	39.1	4.0	$32.0
Total	- - -	6.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	44.8	4.6	$37.0

Drafts

2015 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 28, Overall: 28

Team: Atlanta Braves
School: Bishop Carroll (AB) HS

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