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Birth Date2-11-1995
Height6' 1"
Weight234 lbs
Age29 years, 2 months, 14 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2019 DET MLB 33 7 57.7 0 5 0 74 33 45 9 101 11.5 5.2 1.4 7.0 49% .344 1.86 5.43 5.77 115 7.65 156.9 -1.3
CareerMLB33757.7050743345910111.55.21.47.049%.3441.865.435.771157.65156.9-1.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2014 DTI Rk DSL 16 10 50.7 5 3 0 41 25 57 0 7.3 4.4 0.0 10.1 0% .320 1.30 3.03 3.20 0 0.00 0.0
2015 ONE A- NYP 2 1 2.0 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 93 4.5 27.0 0.0 22.5 0% .500 3.50 9.01 22.50 106 4.06 89.2
2015 TGR Rk GCL 9 5 37.0 2 4 0 34 25 40 0 94 8.3 6.1 0.0 9.7 0% .343 1.59 3.32 2.19 109 7.17 157.3
2016 ONE A- NYP 15 15 71.3 3 2 0 68 34 62 1 93 8.6 4.3 0.1 7.8 55% .322 1.43 3.26 3.03 103 5.08 112.2
2017 WMI A MID 18 18 96.0 10 1 0 70 54 116 3 99 6.6 5.1 0.3 10.9 45% .295 1.29 3.30 2.25 93 3.73 79.4
2017 LAK A+ FSL 5 5 28.0 2 1 0 27 11 28 1 84 8.7 3.5 0.3 9.0 56% .351 1.36 2.95 2.25 90 5.35 113.9
2018 LAK A+ FSL 25 23 113.3 8 8 0 101 70 115 4 95 8.0 5.6 0.3 9.1 47% .306 1.51 4.04 4.45 108 5.53 117.0
2018 MSS Wnt AFL 7 7 29.0 1 0 0 20 14 25 0 91 6.2 4.3 0.0 7.8 52% .278 1.17 3.92 3.10 0 0.00 0.0
2019 DET MLB AL 33 7 57.7 0 5 0 74 33 45 9 101 11.5 5.2 1.4 7.0 49% .344 1.86 5.43 5.77 115 7.65 156.9
2019 LAK A+ FSL 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 90 9.0 4.5 0.0 11.3 50% .400 1.50 3.06 6.75 91 4.91 101.0
2019 ERI AA EAS 3 3 13.3 0 1 0 10 4 12 2 103 6.8 2.7 1.4 8.1 54% .229 1.05 4.44 2.03 97 3.70 76.1
2019 TOL AAA INT 6 5 23.3 0 3 0 25 13 30 2 91 9.6 5.0 0.8 11.6 48% .371 1.63 4.09 6.94 94 5.19 106.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 1108 0.4928 0.4567 0.8004 0.6593 0.2598 0.8444 0.6918 0.1996
Career11080.49280.45670.80040.65930.25980.84440.69180.1996

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 PHI $3,925,000
2022 DET $722,400
2021 DET $579,600
2020 DET $567,800
2019 DET $555,000
2018 DET $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$6,349,800
5 yrTotal$6,349,800

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 102 d1 year/$3.925M (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$3.925M (2023). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Detroit 1/7/23. Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$722,400 (2022). Re-signed by Detroit 3/22.
  • 1 year/$579,600 (2021). Re-signed by Detroit 3/21.
  • 1 year/$567,800 (2020). Re-signed by Detroit 3/20.
  • 1 year/$555,000 (2019). Re-signed by Detroit 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Detroit 11/20/17. Re-signed by Detroit 3/18.
  • Signed by Detroit 12/26/12 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 13.8 11 8 13 1 .254 1.34 4.04 4.12 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.9 7 6 8 1 .267 1.44 4.47 4.57 -0.1 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 5 4 5 1 .277 1.52 4.79 4.9 -0.1 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 3 2 3 0 .286 1.58 5.07 5.19 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .294 1.65 5.33 5.46 -0.1 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2021-03-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)Does Soto close in Detroit this year?
(Reggie Lawson from S.D.)		At times, I think Gregory Soto gets some chances, but I doubt he'll be the set guy. You know, LHP subject to arbitration . . . (Jesse Roche)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC


Gregory Soto has thrown 5,368 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (98mph) and Slider (88mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (99mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (94mph) and Change (91mph).