Joakim Soria
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 39
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 2 4 4.30 71 1 1 69 79 1.03
2020 2 2 2.82 22 0 2 22.1 24 1.25
2021 1 4 5.06 41 0 6 37.1 40 1.37
14 Seasons 36 45 3.11 773 1 229 763 831 1.13
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 71 2-4 4.30 69 79 1.03
2020 22 2-2 2.82 22.1 24 1.25
2021 41 1-4 5.06 37.1 40 1.37
14 Seasons 773 36-45 3.11 763 831 1.13
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 31 1155 186 7 3.8 2.6 87.1 116.1 11.4 32.3 .221 .324 .276 .272 .324 31.7 23.5 7.0 2.53 3.01
2016 32 1193 196 18 9.2 6.1 87.9 114.4 10.8 28.1 .273 .467 .344 .350 .425 32.7 23.2 9.2 4.05 5.31
2017 33 993 147 6 4.1 2.6 86.8 110.9 5.4 29.9 .216 .319 .263 .271 .334 27.2 27.6 8.6 3.70 3.10
2018 34 1049 162 8 4.9 3.1 85.0 111.7 16.3 37.0 .213 .327 .271 .264 .344 29.2 29.4 6.3 3.12 2.90
2019 35 1116 176 16 9.1 5.8 87.4 116.0 15.1 34.7 .213 .385 .261 .287 .367 34.3 28.4 7.2 4.30 3.59
2020 36 377 62 2 3.2 2.1 88.0 107.7 22.8 32.3 .201 .314 .247 .256 .306 33.9 25.0 10.4 2.82 2.73
2021 37 605 106 8 7.5 5.0 88.3 109.3 18.2 34.9 .245 .399 .344 .307 .375 38.7 25.2 7.5 5.06 3.98
Player 6488 1035 65 6.3 4.1 87.1 116.1 13.2 32.6 .228 .367 .288 .290 .359 32.1 26.1 7.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Soria relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(59.3%) ,
Slider
(21.3%) ,
Changeup
(14.4%) ,
Curveball
(4.3%) ,
Sinker
(0.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 44.1 22.6 25.8 7.5 32.3 40.3 26.3 3.2 35.5 26.9 21.0 3.2 3.8 2.6
2016 52.0 18.9 21.9 7.1 34.2 38.8 27.0 3.6 36.7 17.3 26.5 1.5 9.2 6.1
2017 58.5 16.3 22.4 2.7 40.8 34.0 24.5 3.4 44.2 15.6 26.5 5.4 4.1 2.6
2018 39.5 17.9 30.2 12.3 33.3 40.7 25.9 4.3 29.6 28.4 24.7 4.9 4.9 3.1
2019 38.1 23.9 27.8 10.2 28.4 38.6 33.0 2.8 29.0 30.7 23.9 1.7 9.1 5.8
2020 29.0 37.1 22.6 11.3 33.9 38.7 27.4 1.6 21.0 41.9 22.6 9.7 3.2 2.1
2021 33.0 27.4 29.2 10.4 42.5 32.1 25.5 2.8 24.5 34.0 29.2 1.9 7.5 5.0
Player 43.9 21.8 25.8 8.5 34.5 38.0 27.2 3.3 32.9 26.0 24.8 3.5 6.3 4.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 4-Seamer TOR R 359 92.8 14.2 1.2 8 4.9 -2.2 -31
2021 Slider TOR R 128 77.7 52.8 7.8 17 15.0 4.5 42
2021 Curveball TOR R 26 70.0 73.6 5.4 8 12.8 0.3 3
2021 Changeup TOR R 87 87.6 28.8 0.6 2 11.0 -2.6 -19
2021 Sinker TOR R 4 93.3 15.2 -7.3 -32 13.0 -2.1 -14
2020 4-Seamer OAK R 246 92.4 14.8 1.2 8 5.8 -1.6 -22
2020 Sinker OAK R 1 93.4 17.2 -5.6 -25 12.9 -2.2 -15
2020 Changeup OAK R 34 87.0 29.1 0.0 0 9.3 -3.8 -29
2020 Curveball OAK R 18 70.9 74.7 7.1 11 10.5 -1.3 -11
2020 Cutter OAK R 2 88.0 24.0 3.5 13 2.1 -0.8 -29
2020 Slider OAK R 76 77.4 52.5 6.7 15 15.2 4.6 44
2019 Slider OAK R 129 81.5 43.9 3.0 7 13.1 5.5 72
2019 Curveball OAK R 143 73.0 67.2 4.2 7 16.1 4.1 34
2019 4-Seamer OAK R 710 92.6 15.0 1.4 8 5.3 -2.3 -30
2019 Changeup OAK R 78 87.6 28.3 -0.7 -2 10.7 -3.3 -24
2019 Sinker OAK R 39 93.3 18.8 -3.8 -17 13.1 -2.0 -13
2018 Sinker MIL R 9 91.7 26.1 2.0 8 15.0 0.2 1
2018 Curveball MIL R 80 70.0 76.2 7.2 11 11.5 0.8 8
2018 Changeup MIL R 157 86.8 31.4 1.2 4 8.4 -5.5 -40
2018 Slider MIL R 121 78.6 45.9 1.9 4 17.2 7.2 73
2018 4-Seamer MIL R 680 92.3 16.1 0.5 3 4.2 -3.4 -45
2017 4-Seamer KC R 505 92.8 15.4 -0.4 -3 7.7 -0.3 -4
2017 Slider KC R 68 81.0 44.4 4.3 11 7.8 1.0 15
2017 Changeup KC R 302 88.0 30.6 3.4 13 12.3 -1.7 -12
2017 Curveball KC R 117 70.5 72.9 7.1 11 9.4 -2.0 -18
2016 Cutter KC R 65 92.6 14.5 4.9 25 2.7 -0.7 -20
2016 Curveball KC R 135 71.9 69.3 6.2 10 14.0 0.7 5
2016 Slider KC R 91 81.0 43.9 4.4 11 11.3 4.7 71
2016 Changeup KC R 172 86.9 31.2 3.6 13 7.6 -5.2 -40
2016 4-Seamer KC R 697 93.1 15.7 -1.3 -9 3.5 -3.7 -52
2015 Slider PIT R 118 79.3 -- -- 11.8 4.8 68
2015 Curveball PIT R 104 71.4 -- -- 14.0 2.4 20
2015 4-Seamer PIT R 578 92.7 -- -- 2.2 -4.6 -68
2015 Sinker PIT R 1 92.8 -- -- 7.7 -6.4 -45
2015 Cutter PIT R 242 92.7 -- -- 2.4 -0.7 -23
2015 Changeup PIT R 80 86.3 -- -- 6.6 -5.8 -47
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 4-Seamer -1.2 -4 359 59.3 74 .318 .591 .418 18.9 13.5 14.1 .308 .531 .393 39.3
2021 Slider 0.8 1 129 21.3 39 .257 .314 .279 24.6 25.6 26.3 .216 .266 .242 30.8
2021 Changeup -1.5 -1 87 14.4 41 .205 .462 .299 43.4 41.5 30.9 .179 .322 .236 45.5
2021 Curveball -1.9 0 26 4.3 5 .200 .400 .250 75.0 60.0 27.3 .129 .198 .136 50.0
2021 Sinker 0.7 0 4 0.7 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer 1.3 3 246 65.3 48 .268 .390 .317 17.1 18.8 17.0 .229 .384 .309 35.3
2020 Slider 0.0 0 76 20.2 22 .263 .316 .284 30.6 27.3 18.2 .235 .306 .268 21.4
2020 Changeup 11.9 4 34 9.0 15 .067 .067 .060 33.3 33.3 29.4 .125 .230 .152 60.0
2020 Curveball -0.6 0 18 4.8 7 .143 .143 .257 33.3 42.9 25.0 .133 .149 .123 0.0
2020 Cutter 12.5 0 2 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sinker 6.5 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 0.6 4 710 63.6 138 .252 .447 .347 27.1 19.6 19.0 .246 .491 .342 42.9
2019 Curveball 1.1 2 143 12.8 55 .154 .173 .175 35.9 49.1 26.0 .185 .242 .212 16.0
2019 Slider 3.9 5 129 11.6 35 .061 .061 .117 27.6 25.7 17.3 .144 .243 .195 20.8
2019 Changeup -3.1 -2 78 7.0 35 .242 .515 .339 31.9 34.3 23.1 .235 .420 .302 33.3
2019 Sinker 3.7 1 39 3.5 7 .000 .000 .000 35.3 42.9 21.4 .110 .156 .114 25.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.5 10 680 64.8 146 .234 .358 .300 25.3 22.6 19.2 .220 .349 .270 29.5
2018 Changeup -1.2 -2 157 15.0 55 .173 .308 .281 32.9 41.8 20.0 .189 .302 .238 37.9
2018 Slider 1.2 1 121 11.5 35 .200 .233 .290 43.3 48.6 26.6 .182 .262 .266 15.4
2018 Curveball -2.9 -2 80 7.6 16 .400 .533 .425 41.9 12.5 11.1 .297 .371 .318 23.1
2018 Sinker 1.1 0 9 0.9 1 .000 .000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .070 .070 .063 0.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.5 8 505 50.9 89 .234 .273 .291 30.0 23.6 22.8 .262 .417 .344 30.4
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 302 30.4 105 .230 .280 .265 29.0 34.3 20.8 .194 .260 .220 28.1
2017 Curveball -3.6 -4 117 11.8 23 .318 .500 .365 37.5 21.7 17.2 .204 .320 .243 17.6
2017 Slider 3.5 2 68 6.8 13 .091 .091 .123 19.2 15.4 15.4 .119 .172 .241 20.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 84 87.6 78 13.0 1:00 2:00 -60
2021 Curveball 26 70.0 98 24.8 7:00 7:00 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 359 92.8 88 17.9 1:00 12:30 30
2021 Slider 128 77.7 73 18.7 8:15 8:00 15
2020 Changeup 27 86.9 70 11.7 1:00 2:00 -60
2020 Curveball 16 71.1 99 25.5 6:45 6:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 201 92.4 86 18.0 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Slider 69 77.3 75 18.8 8:15 8:00 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 253 1,016 13 12 -1 -4 19
2009 220 898 6 15 -6 -2 12
2010 269 1,093 13 17 -5 -5 20
2011 256 1,039 5 8 -7 -4 2
2013 99 434 3 6 -3 -2 5
2014 188 708 -3 4 -3 -2 -4
2015 275 1,173 8 11 -6 -4 10
2016 293 1,193 -1 7 -1 -5 0
2017 230 992 11 7 -8 -4 6
2018 275 1,135 5 14 -4 -7 8
2019 270 1,099 8 10 -4 -4 10
2020 111 454 9 2 -3 -2 6
2021 159 605 -1 2 -4 -2 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,155 49.1 69.3 81.7 30.4 68.2 43.8 61.0 49.5 22.2 7.8 75.6
2016 1,193 52.1 68.0 78.0 25.9 60.1 42.1 62.8 47.8 26.0 8.4 80.0
2017 993 50.1 68.2 74.9 23.4 52.6 43.1 58.0 45.9 30.0 7.8 71.4
2018 1,049 48.7 73.3 76.2 31.5 59.2 41.5 66.7 52.0 29.2 8.6 82.2
2019 1,116 52.9 68.2 76.0 26.4 56.9 38.5 63.9 48.2 28.8 9.2 87.1
2020 377 49.3 69.4 78.3 26.2 72.0 45.1 58.5 47.5 23.5 9.3 80.0
2021 605 50.9 72.7 79.0 29.3 57.5 41.8 69.8 51.4 25.7 7.6 89.1
Player 6,488 50.6 69.6 77.6 27.7 60.5 42.0 63.1 48.9 26.7 8.3 80.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 83 78 86 87 78 79 81 78 62 71 58 46 60 50 52 80 79
2016 12 14 15 14 13 41 4 66 66 67 29 74 17 52 41 75 82
2017 87 82 89 93 81 88 84 59 91 83 44 84 8 48 57 76 79
2018 92 80 85 85 91 83 78 99 91 87 80 77 86 40 57 78 74
2019 77 81 64 47 85 51 15 79 69 79 64 72 19 41 62 81 70
2020 92 83 86 82 78 88 94 55 67 57 31 28 35 37 55 73
2021 36 75 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.0 10 12.2 -2 3 8 6 60.0
2017 21.5 1 3.3 -2 2 4 1 100.0
2018 21.9 4 5.5 -2 3 5 1 25.0
2019 23.3 9 8.4 1 3 8 2 22.2
2020 23.0 2 1.9 0 0 2 1 50.0
2021 24.6 6 4.9 1 4 2 3 50.0
Player 23.0 32 36.2 -4 15 29 14 43.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 14 8 13 12 11 13 12 11 10 12 10 13 12 12 14 9 11 11 14 12 12 16 16 11 13 13 15 13 13 11
2017 1 3 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 1 3 5 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 6 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 2
2018 4 8 5 7 4 4 6 7 3 3 3 5 9 5 4 6 5 5 5 7 7 5 8 8 5 4 6 6 8 4 2
2019 9 10 6 8 9 9 9 10 4 6 7 7 12 8 10 10 8 9 7 10 9 9 10 10 9 9 6 8 12 7 5
2020 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
2021 6 5 4 8 6 5 5 6 4 4 4 6 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 4 4 5 4 5 4 5
Player 32 41 27 43 35 35 40 42 26 25 30 36 43 34 38 41 33 35 33 42 37 34 49 45 33 34 35 40 43 32 26
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.7 93.1 0.4 ↑ 92.8 -0.3 ↓ 92.3 -0.5 ↓ 92.7 0.4 ↑ 92.4 -0.3 ↓ 92.8 0.4 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 86.9 0.6 ↑ 88.0 1.1 ↑ 86.8 -1.2 ↓ 87.6 0.8 ↑ 87.0 -0.6 ↓ 87.6 0.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 75.6 75.5 -0.1 ↓ 74.4 -1.1 ↓ 75.2 0.8 ↑ 77.1 1.9 ↑ 76.1 -1.0 ↓ 76.4 0.3 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.1 87.9 0.8 ↑ 86.8 -1.1 ↓ 85.0 -1.8 ↓ 87.4 2.4 ↑ 88.0 0.6 ↑ 88.3 0.3 ↑
Launch Angle 11.4 10.8 -0.6 ↓ 5.4 -5.4 ↓ 16.3 10.9 ↑ 15.1 -1.2 ↓ 22.8 7.7 ↑ 18.2 -4.6 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 9.2 5.4 ↑ 4.1 -5.1 ↓ 4.9 0.8 ↑ 9.1 4.2 ↑ 3.2 -5.9 ↓ 7.5 4.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.7 32.7 1.0 ↑ 27.2 -5.5 ↓ 29.2 2.0 ↑ 34.3 5.1 ↑ 33.9 -0.4 ↓ 38.7 4.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.3 28.1 -4.2 ↓ 29.9 1.8 ↑ 37.0 7.1 ↑ 34.7 -2.3 ↓ 32.3 -2.4 ↓ 34.9 2.6 ↑
xBA .221 .273 0.052 ↑ .216 -0.057 ↓ .213 -0.003 ↓ .213 0.000 .201 -0.012 ↓ .245 0.044 ↑
BA .222 .271 0.049 ↑ .233 -0.038 ↓ .225 -0.008 ↓ .202 -0.023 ↓ .217 0.015 ↑ .269 0.052 ↑
xwOBA .272 .350 0.078 ↑ .271 -0.079 ↓ .264 -0.007 ↓ .287 0.023 ↑ .256 -0.031 ↓ .307 0.051 ↑
wOBA .276 .344 0.068 ↑ .263 -0.081 ↓ .271 0.008 ↑ .261 -0.010 ↓ .247 -0.014 ↓ .344 0.097 ↑
xSLG .324 .467 0.143 ↑ .319 -0.148 ↓ .327 0.008 ↑ .385 0.058 ↑ .314 -0.071 ↓ .399 0.085 ↑
SLG .347 .457 0.110 ↑ .290 -0.167 ↓ .339 0.049 ↑ .341 0.002 ↑ .289 -0.052 ↓ .483 0.194 ↑
K% 23.5 23.2 -0.3 ↓ 27.6 4.4 ↑ 29.4 1.8 ↑ 28.4 -1.0 ↓ 25.0 -3.4 ↓ 25.2 0.2 ↑
BB% 7.0 9.2 2.2 ↑ 8.6 -0.6 ↓ 6.3 -2.3 ↓ 7.2 0.9 ↑ 10.4 3.2 ↑ 7.5 -2.9 ↓
Swing % 49.5 47.8 -1.7 ↓ 45.9 -1.9 ↓ 52.0 6.1 ↑ 48.2 -3.8 ↓ 47.5 -0.7 ↓ 51.4 3.9 ↑
Whiff% 22.2 26.0 3.8 ↑ 30.0 4.0 ↑ 29.2 -0.8 ↓ 28.8 -0.4 ↓ 23.5 -5.3 ↓ 25.7 2.2 ↑
In Zone % 49.1 52.1 3.0 ↑ 50.1 -2.0 ↓ 48.7 -1.4 ↓ 52.9 4.2 ↑ 49.3 -3.6 ↓ 50.9 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.9 47.9 -3.0 ↓ 49.9 2.0 ↑ 51.3 1.4 ↑ 47.1 -4.2 ↓ 50.7 3.6 ↑ 49.1 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.4 25.9 -4.5 ↓ 23.4 -2.5 ↓ 31.5 8.1 ↑ 26.4 -5.1 ↓ 26.2 -0.2 ↓ 29.3 3.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.4 28.3 -4.1 ↓ 25.5 -2.8 ↓ 42.0 16.5 ↑ 31.8 -10.2 ↓ 30.9 -0.9 ↓ 36.5 5.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.0 62.8 1.8 ↑ 58.0 -4.8 ↓ 66.7 8.7 ↑ 63.9 -2.8 ↓ 58.5 -5.4 ↓ 69.8 11.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 285 .347 145 0 0.0 140 20 14.3
2017 Shifts 229 .261 132 2 1.5 97 19 19.6
2018 Shifts 254 .271 136 28 20.6 118 65 55.1
2019 Shifts 270 .255 137 12 8.8 133 58 43.6
2020 Shifts 93 .247 70 11 15.7 23 9 39.1
2021 Shifts 156 .345 101 13 12.9 55 23 41.8
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo