The White Sox claimed lefty Giovanni Soto off waivers from the Athletics, Oakland has announced. The A’s had only just added Soto when he became available from the Cubs during the World Series.
Soto, 25, has minimal big league experience. But he has shown the ability to generate some whiffs in the upper minors, and obviously has enough stuff to draw the attention of multiple major league organizations.
Though he has increasingly struggled to keep the ball in the zone, Soto has typically been tough to hit and score runs against. But the 2016 season wasn’t his best, as he allowed 5.7 walks per nine en route to a 5.14 ERA in 49 frames. On the positive side, he did strike out just over ten batters per nine and record a 56.6% groundball rate on the year while holding opposing lefties to a .254/.351/.343 batting line.
Well, like Hahn said, the direction will be clear within the first move or two…
Haha
I really don’t think anyone truly believes they will tear it down, which I think is the wrong move. Also, no one believes they will up the payroll to go for it and fill the glaring holes with quality options. More of the same…..hope they can get lucky with their projects.
really need to get this dude on the same team as geovany soto the catcher at some point
World Series here we Come!!!! Not……
It seems the White Sox are off to a good start
And the dumpster diving begins in earnest Reinsdorf & Co. 2017 slogan: Mediocrity Will Rein.
Seems to me Hahn is ready to play let’s make a deal. He came out and said so much publicly.
Soto is a project, but he’s an attempt at rebuilding an awful bullpen. Coop has done more with less.