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Joakim Soria PBlue Jays

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Birth Date	5-18-1984
Height	6' 3"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	40 years, 10 months, 23 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	Team	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
2007	KCA	62	0	69.0	2	3	17	46	19	75	3	103	6.0	2.5	0.4	9.8	0%	.250	0.94	2.56	2.48	72	2.65	54.9	2.2
2008	KCA	63	0	67.3	2	3	42	39	19	66	5	102	5.2	2.5	0.7	8.8	0%	.207	0.86	3.27	1.60	70	2.51	53.5	2.2
2009	KCA	47	0	53.0	3	2	30	44	16	69	5	105	7.5	2.7	0.8	11.7	0%	.300	1.13	2.77	2.21	65	2.34	50.1	1.7
2010	KCA	66	0	65.7	1	2	43	53	16	71	4	111	7.3	2.2	0.5	9.7	0%	.277	1.05	2.50	1.78	79	2.91	65.8	1.5
2011	KCA	60	0	60.3	5	5	28	60	17	60	7	109	9.0	2.5	1.0	9.0	0%	.312	1.28	3.52	4.03	90	3.62	84.1	0.8
2013	TEX	26	0	23.7	1	0	0	18	14	28	2	100	6.8	5.3	0.8	10.6	0%	.286	1.35	3.70	3.80	79	2.63	62.9	0.6
2014	DET	13	0	11.0	1	1	1	13	2	6	2	109	10.6	1.6	1.6	4.9	0%	.290	1.36	5.25	4.91	97	5.70	139.8	-0.2
2014	TEX	35	0	33.3	1	3	17	25	4	42	0	100	6.8	1.1	0.0	11.3	0%	.291	0.87	1.09	2.70	79	2.60	63.9	0.8
2014	TOT	48	0	44.3	2	4	18	38	6	48	2	102	7.7	1.2	0.4	9.7	0%	.000	0.99	2.12	3.25	84	3.37	82.7	0.6
2015	DET	43	0	41.0	3	1	23	32	11	36	8	106	7.0	2.4	1.8	7.9	0%	.222	1.05	4.83	2.85	97	3.64	85.0	0.5
2015	PIT	29	0	26.7	0	0	1	23	8	28	0	94	7.8	2.7	0.0	9.5	0%	.324	1.16	1.96	2.03	90	3.23	75.4	0.5
2015	TOT	72	0	67.7	3	1	24	55	19	64	8	101	7.3	2.5	1.1	8.5	0%	.000	1.09	3.70	2.53	94	3.48	81.2	1.0
2016	KCA	70	0	66.7	5	8	1	70	27	68	10	104	9.5	3.6	1.4	9.2	52%	.323	1.46	4.31	4.05	88	3.47	76.8	1.1
2017	KCA	59	0	56.0	4	3	1	49	20	64	1		7.9	3.2	0.2	10.3	59%	.329	1.23	2.21	3.70	88	3.62	77.0	1.0
2018	CHA	40	0	38.7	0	3	16	35	10	49	2	102	8.1	2.3	0.5	11.4	35%	.324	1.16	2.18	2.56	72	2.35	52.4	1.1
2018	MIL	26	0	22.0	3	1	0	18	6	26	2	95	7.4	2.5	0.8	10.6	48%	.286	1.09	2.89	4.09	80	2.94	65.8	0.5
2018	TOT	66	0	60.7	3	4	16	53	16	75	4	100	7.9	2.4	0.6	11.1	40%	.310	1.14	2.44	3.12	75	2.56	57.3	1.7
2019	OAK	71	1	69.0	2	4	1	51	20	79	9	97	6.7	2.6	1.2	10.3	39%	.251	1.03	3.65	4.30	90	3.48	71.4	1.4
Career		710	1	703.3	33	39	221	576	209	767	60	95	7.4	2.7	0.8	9.8	45%	.284	1.12	3.08	3.02	81	3.07	68.1	15.7

Statistics for All Levels

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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-
2005	MCD	mex	MEX	30	5	66.3	5	0	0	75	31	60	7		10.2	4.2	1.0	8.1	0%	-.667	1.60	4.84	4.48	0	0.00	0.0
2006	FTW	A	MDW	7	0	11.1	1	0	0	5	2	11	1	76	4.1	1.6	0.8	8.9	0%	.154	0.63	3.03	2.43	67	2.73	57.3
2006	MCD	mex	MEX	39	0	37.0	0	0	15	37	11	30	2		9.0	2.7	0.5	7.3	0%	.304	1.30	3.56	3.89	0	0.00	0.0
2007	KCA	MLB	AL	62	0	69.0	2	3	17	46	19	75	3	103	6.0	2.5	0.4	9.8	0%	.250	0.94	2.56	2.48	72	2.65	54.9
2007	OBR	Wnt	MPL	4	0	3.7	0	0	2	2	0	5	0		4.9	0.0	0.0	12.2	0%	.250	0.54	0.01	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	OBR	Wnt	MPL	4	0	4.0	0	1	1	3	2	6	0		6.8	4.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.333	1.25	1.21	2.25	0	0.00	0.0
2007	OBR	Wnt	MPL	3	0	4.0	0	0	2	4	1	6	0		9.0	2.3	0.0	13.5	0%	.444	1.25	0.46	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	OBR	Wnt	MPL	9	0	8.3	0	0	3	6	3	10	0		6.5	3.3	0.0	10.8	0%	.300	1.08	1.39	3.25	0	0.00	0.0
2008	KCA	MLB	AL	63	0	67.3	2	3	42	39	19	66	5	102	5.2	2.5	0.7	8.8	0%	.207	0.86	3.27	1.60	70	2.51	53.5
2009	KCA	MLB	AL	47	0	53.0	3	2	30	44	16	69	5	105	7.5	2.7	0.8	11.7	0%	.300	1.13	2.77	2.21	65	2.34	50.1
2010	KCA	MLB	AL	66	0	65.7	1	2	43	53	16	71	4	111	7.3	2.2	0.5	9.7	0%	.277	1.05	2.50	1.78	79	2.91	65.8
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	60	0	60.3	5	5	28	60	17	60	7	109	9.0	2.5	1.0	9.0	0%	.312	1.28	3.52	4.03	90	3.62	84.1
2013	TEX	MLB	AL	26	0	23.7	1	0	0	18	14	28	2	100	6.8	5.3	0.8	10.6	0%	.286	1.35	3.70	3.80	79	2.63	62.9
2013	FRI	AA	TEX	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.00	1.05	0.00	74	1.98	43.0
2013	ROU	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	0%	.250	0.50	0.56	0.00	84	3.60	78.2
2013	RNG	Rk	AZL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	97	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.00	2.00	0.00	92	3.23	70.2
2014	DET	MLB	AL	13	0	11.0	1	1	1	13	2	6	2	109	10.6	1.6	1.6	4.9	0%	.290	1.36	5.25	4.91	97	5.70	139.8
2014	TEX	MLB	AL	35	0	33.3	1	3	17	25	4	42	0	100	6.8	1.1	0.0	11.3	0%	.291	0.87	1.09	2.70	79	2.60	63.9
2015	DET	MLB	AL	43	0	41.0	3	1	23	32	11	36	8	106	7.0	2.4	1.8	7.9	0%	.222	1.05	4.83	2.85	97	3.64	85.0
2015	PIT	MLB	NL	29	0	26.7	0	0	1	23	8	28	0	94	7.8	2.7	0.0	9.5	0%	.324	1.16	1.96	2.03	90	3.23	75.4
2016	KCA	MLB	AL	70	0	66.7	5	8	1	70	27	68	10	104	9.5	3.6	1.4	9.2	52%	.323	1.46	4.31	4.05	88	3.47	76.8
2017	KCA	MLB	AL	59	0	56.0	4	3	1	49	20	64	1		7.9	3.2	0.2	10.3	59%	.329	1.23	2.21	3.70	88	3.62	77.0
2018	CHA	MLB	AL	40	0	38.7	0	3	16	35	10	49	2	102	8.1	2.3	0.5	11.4	35%	.324	1.16	2.18	2.56	72	2.35	52.4
2018	MIL	MLB	NL	26	0	22.0	3	1	0	18	6	26	2	95	7.4	2.5	0.8	10.6	48%	.286	1.09	2.89	4.09	80	2.94	65.8
2019	OAK	MLB	AL	71	1	69.0	2	4	1	51	20	79	9	97	6.7	2.6	1.2	10.3	39%	.251	1.03	3.65	4.30	90	3.48	71.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	1013	0.5202	0.4571	0.7343	0.6053	0.2963	0.7931	0.6042	0.2657
2009	898	0.5100	0.4699	0.7038	0.5961	0.3386	0.7546	0.6107	0.2962
2010	1093	0.5279	0.4565	0.7735	0.6049	0.2907	0.8338	0.6333	0.2265
2011	1039	0.5322	0.4254	0.7692	0.5877	0.2407	0.8062	0.6667	0.2308
2013	434	0.4954	0.4539	0.7563	0.6233	0.2877	0.7687	0.7302	0.2437
2014	686	0.5262	0.4534	0.7588	0.6260	0.2615	0.8186	0.6000	0.2412
2015	1152	0.5069	0.4905	0.7752	0.6575	0.3187	0.8229	0.6740	0.2248
2016	1188	0.4966	0.4697	0.7348	0.6271	0.3144	0.7892	0.6277	0.2652
2017	1010	0.4782	0.4455	0.6978	0.5921	0.3112	0.7867	0.5427	0.3022
2018	1043	0.4947	0.5139	0.7090	0.7035	0.3283	0.7466	0.6301	0.2910
2019	1099	0.5369	0.4841	0.7086	0.6898	0.2456	0.7420	0.6000	0.2914
Career	10655	0.5119	0.4669	0.7375	0.6300	0.2950	0.7883	0.6251	0.2625

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
2014-08-10	2014-09-10	15-DL	31	31	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2013-04-22	2013-04-22	On-Alr	0	0	-	Chest	Strain	Pectoral Muscle	-	-
2013-03-22	2013-07-07	60-DL	107	87	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Revision Tommy John Surgery	2012-04-02	-
2012-03-26	2012-10-04	60-DL	192	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Revision Tommy John Surgery	2012-04-02	-
2012-03-19	2012-03-26	Camp	7	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Revision Tommy John Surgery	2012-04-02	-
2011-09-12	2011-09-29	DTD	17	14	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2009-08-18	2009-08-18	DTD	0	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2009-05-08	2009-06-02	15-DL	25	21	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-
2009-04-23	2009-05-02	DTD	9	9	Right	Shoulder	Impingement		-
2007-05-23	2007-06-07	15-DL	15	14	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2003-04-05	2003-09-05	Minors	153	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	KCA	$380,000
2008	KCA	$426,500
2009	KCA	$1,000,000
2010	KCA	$3,000,000
2011	KCA	$4,000,000
2012	KCA	$6,000,000
2013	TEX	$2,000,000
2014	TEX	$5,500,000
2015	DET	$7,000,000
2016	KCA	$7,000,000
2017	KCA	$8,000,000
2018	CHA	$8,000,000
2018	KCA	$1,000,000
2019	OAK	$6,500,000
2020	OAK	$8,500,000
2021	ARI	$3,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
15 yr	Previous	$71,806,500
15 yr	Total	$71,806,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 0 d	Oscar Suarez	1 year/$3.5M (2021)

Details

1 year/$3.5M (2021). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 2/3/21. Performance bonuses: $125,000 each for 40, 50, 60, 65 games. Perks: hotel suite on road. Acquired by Toronto in trade from Arizona 7/30/21.
2 years/$15M (2019-20). 19:$6.5M, 20:$8.5M. Performance bonuses: $250,000 each for 35, 40 games finished. One-time $750,000 assignment bonus with trade.
3 years/$25M (2016-18), plus 2019 mutual option. Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/10/15. 16:$7M, 17:$8M, 18:$9M, 19:$10M mutual option, $1M buyout. Annual performance bonuses: $0.2M each 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 games finished. 2016 performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 90 innings and each additional five IP through 185. $0.1M each for 14 starts and each additional start through 20. $0.1M each for 22, 24, 26 starts. 2017 performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 130 IP and each additional five IP through 200. $0.25M each for 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 starts. If option is exercised, performance bonuses carry over to 2019. Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Kansas City 1/4/18. Royals pay White Sox $1M as part of the deal. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Chicago White Sox 7/26/18 with $4,193,548 remaining on contract ($3,193,548 in 2018 salary and $1M for 2019 buyout). White Sox pay Brewers $1,064,516 as part of the deal. Milwaukee declined 2019 option 10/30/18.
2 years/$8M (2013-14), plus 2015 club option. Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/3/12. 13:$2M, 14:$5.5M, 15:$7M club option, $0.5M buyout. Roster bonus: $0.5M with 1 day on 2013 active roster. 2014 salary increases based on 2013 games finished: $0.1M each for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 60, 65, 70 GF. 2015 option increases by $1M to $8M and buyout increases by $0.25M to $0.75M with 55 GF in 2014 OR 100 GF in 2013-14. 2013 performance bonuses: $0.1M for 30 games. $50,000 for 35 games. $75,000 each for 40, 45, 50, 55 games. $0.1M each for 60, 65 games. $0.1M each for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 games finished. 2014 performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 10, 15, 20, 25 GF. $0.15M each for 30, 35, 40 GF. $0.2M each for 45, 50 GF. $0.25M for 60 GF. 2015 performance bonuses: $0.25M each for 45, 50, 55, 60 GF. Acquired by Detroit in trade from Texas 7/22/14. Detroit exercised 2015 option 10/31/14. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Toronto 7/30/15 with $2,524,590 remaining on contract.
3 years/$8.75M (2009-11), plus 2012-14 club options. Signed extension with Kansas City 5/17/08. 09:$1M, 10:$3M, 11:$4M, 12:$6M club option, $0.75M buyout, 13:$8M club option, 14:$8.75M club option. 2012 option guaranteed at $6M with 55 games in 2011 or 110 games in 2010-11. 2012 option guaranteed at $6.5M with 400 IP in 2010-11. Kansas City exercised $6M option for 2012 10/31/11. Kansas City declined option for 2013 10/31/12.
1 year/$426,500 (2008). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/20/08.
1 year/$380,000 (2007). Selected by Kansas City from San Diego in Rule 5 draft 12/06. Signed by Kansas City 2/07.
1 year (2006). Signed by San Diego as a minor-league free agent 12/20/05.
1 year (2005). Released by LA Dodgers 10/21/04. Signed for 2005 with Mexico City of Mexican League.
Signed by LA Dodgers 2001 as an amateur free agent from Mexico.

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
90^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	14.6	10	4	16	1	.252	1.01	2.57	2.92
80^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	9.6	7	3	10	1	.266	1.09	2.91	3.31
70^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	6	1	.276	1.15	3.15	3.6
60^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	3	0	.285	1.20	3.38	3.85
50^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.293	1.25	3.58	4.09
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2018-12-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who are your top three most realistic starting pitchers and relievers that the twins should target? Could you speculate the years and annual salary of the free agents please? (Sabir from Saint Paul)	Realistic? Maybe someone like Trevor Cahill among starters and Joakim Soria or Kelvin Herrera among relievers. I'd like to see them aim a bit higher, especially for the bullpen, but "realistic" is Twins speak for "decent but underwhelming" when it comes to free agency. Regardless of the specific names, I'd be surprised if the Twins went beyond two guaranteed seasons for any free agent this offseason. (Aaron Gleeman)
2018-07-26 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Which current closers do you think will get dealt? Which will close for their new team? (Austin from Texas)	Joakim Soria seems to be a guy who could easily get dealt, and will absolutely not close for his new team. Kirby Yates is a guy who's a little less likely to get dealt, but could close for a new team ... but only under certain situations. I'm not sure any other current closer gets moved. (Bryan Grosnick)
2015-09-21 20:30:00 (link to chat)	Name some guys who is not currently a closer, but could be on opening day? (Davin from Pittsburgh)	Joakim Soria, Tyler Clippard, Wade Davis and does Koji Uehara count? (Bret Sayre)
2015-04-16 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Mike, Who wins the closers job in Detroit or do they trade for Papelbon? (John from CT)	They'll probably stick with Joakim Soria unless the Phillies eat a ton of money or if Jon Papelbon negotiates away the vesting option. Bruce Rondon is the sleeper there. I suspect Joe Nathan is toast. (Mike Gianella)
2015-02-16 11:00:00 (link to chat)	RJ, who will be a closer by midseason who didn't start the season in that role? (Cal Guy from Cal)	Jake McGee and Sean Doolittle. Uh, but if we're talking about ascending types, then I'd say Ken Giles is the obvious pick. He'd just disgusting. Beyond Giles, I'd have to roll with Joakim Soria and perhaps Jairo Diaz, depending on what the Rockies do with LaTroy Hawkins. (R.J. Anderson)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Joakim Soria threw 12,687 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (78mph), also mixing in a Splitter (88mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (70mph).