Gregory Soto
29-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
6.10
WHIP
1.94
K
11
SV
2
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Soto entered his first year of salary arbitration in line to receive a significant raise after recording 30 saves for Detroit in 2022. In turn, the cost-conscious Tigers traded the hard-throwing lefty to Philadelphia last January. Soto filled a setup role for the Phillies and recorded a career-high 24 holds while reducing his perennially high double-digit walk rate to a career-best 8.8 percent. The 28-year-old maintained a 97th percentile fastball velocity (98.3 mph average) while throwing his slider at a career-high 39 percent clip. The pitch induced a 49 percent whiff rate and held opposing hitters to a mere .160 average. Soto was particularly effective against left-handed batters (.127 BAA) and figures to reprise setup duties in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Converts on second save
Soto earned the save Wednesday against the Angels, allowing two hits with one strikeout over a scoreless ninth inning.
ANALYSIS
Soto picked up his first save since Apr. 8, retiring back-to-back batters to close out the game and strand runners on first and third. While Soto shouldn't be expected to see much high-leverage work, it's worth noting that closer Jose Alvarado has pitched during the eighth inning in back-to-back games, leaving save chances to Soto and Jeff Hoffman.
Soto picked up his first save since Apr. 8, retiring back-to-back batters to close out the game and strand runners on first and third. While Soto shouldn't be expected to see much high-leverage work, it's worth noting that closer Jose Alvarado has pitched during the eighth inning in back-to-back games, leaving save chances to Soto and Jeff Hoffman.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Gregory Soto generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
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41-50
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91-100
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111-120
121+
What part of the game does Gregory Soto generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-25%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-26%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .184 | 40 | 15 | 27 | 3 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .245 | 96 | 48 | 82 | 5 | |||
2024vs Left | .267 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | .360 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .127 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .255 | 45 | 15 | 37 | 4 | |||
2022vs Left | .245 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .218 | 42 | 27 | 36 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-1%
ERA on Road
2024
-71%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 4.15 | 1.20 | 69.1 | 9.5 | 5.2 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.09 | 1.44 | 61.2 | 9.2 | 3.4 | ||||
2024Home | 10.38 | 2.31 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 8.3 | ||||
2024Away | 3.00 | 1.67 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 4.5 | ||||
2023Home | 3.52 | 0.85 | 30.2 | 10.3 | 3.8 | ||||
2023Away | 5.76 | 1.45 | 29.2 | 9.1 | 2.7 | ||||
2022Home | 3.93 | 1.37 | 34.1 | 9.2 | 6.0 | ||||
2022Away | 2.42 | 1.38 | 26.0 | 8.7 | 3.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Gregory Soto compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.57K/9
9.6BB/9
6.1HR/9
0.0Fastball
97.6 mphERA
6.10WHIP
1.94BABIP
.417GB/FB
2.00Left On Base
65.0%Exit Velocity
85.1 mphBarrels/BBE
5.0%Spin Rate
2294 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.7%Swinging Strike
12.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Chance for saves?
Jose Alvarado was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with left elbow inflammation, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic, which could open up ninth-inning opportunities for Soto.
ANALYSIS
Alvarado has been Philadelphia's best reliever this season and has five saves, but he's now facing an unspecified absence. Soto had 30 saves for the Tigers last season but has yet to receive a save chance in 2023. He has seven holds with a 4.50 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 20:9 K:BB across 16 innings but could now be in the mix for saves along with Craig Kimbrel, who has a 7.62 ERA with three saves.
Alvarado has been Philadelphia's best reliever this season and has five saves, but he's now facing an unspecified absence. Soto had 30 saves for the Tigers last season but has yet to receive a save chance in 2023. He has seven holds with a 4.50 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 20:9 K:BB across 16 innings but could now be in the mix for saves along with Craig Kimbrel, who has a 7.62 ERA with three saves.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Tigers manager A.J. Hinch announced Soto would enter 2022 as his closer only a few days after the 2021 season ended. With only a half-season of experience in the role and a career walk rate over 13%, expectations for the southpaw were low, especially given the veteran competition in Detroit's bullpen if things went south. However, Soto recorded a career high 30 of the Tigers' 38 saves last year for a 78.9% team save share that was third-highest among closers. He made his second All Star team and established career marks in ERA (3.28) and home run rate (0.3 HR/9) while still pumping heat at 98.4 mph on average. On the flip side, Soto's strikeout rate dipped nearly five percentage points to a league average 22.8%, while his 12.9% walk rate was sixth-worst among qualified relievers. Soto was already a risky long-term option for saves given these factors, and his trade to the Phillies in January makes him an even more volatile option. Philadelphia has Craig Kimbrel and Seranthony Dominguez headlining its closing committee, and Soto is likely to start 2023 as no better than No. 3 in that pecking order.
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Notches first save
Soto allowed one hit in a scoreless frame Monday, striking out two and earning a save over the Cardinals.
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Avoids arbitration with Phils
Soto signed a one-year contract with the Phillies on Thursday to avoid arbitration.
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Notches second save
Soto struck out one in a perfect ninth inning Wednesday to record his second save of the season in a 6-4 win over the Orioles.
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Perfect inning for save
Soto pitched a perfect inning to earn his first save of the season in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Rockies.
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Should see save chances
Soto is expected to split closing duties with Craig Kimbrel after Jose Alvarado (elbow) was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.
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