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Giovanni Soto PWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-18-1991
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age32 years, 11 months, 6 days
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0.02015
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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
2015 CLE MLB 6 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 107 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .231 0.90 3.10 0.00 108 4.47 104.5 0.0
CareerMLB603.300030001078.10.00.00.00%.0000.903.100.001084.47104.50.0

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-
2009 TGR Rk GCL 13 6 45.7 4 0 1 33 20 37 0 100 6.5 3.9 0.0 7.3 0% .268 1.16 3.00 1.18 98 4.84 101.8
2009 are Wnt PRL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 13.5 4.5 0.0 9.0 0% .500 2.00 4.41 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2010 LKC A MDW 6 6 31.0 3 2 0 22 11 31 5 101 6.4 3.2 1.5 9.0 0% .233 1.06 5.15 3.77 0 0.00 0.0
2010 WMI A MDW 16 16 82.7 6 6 0 75 25 76 2 101 8.2 2.7 0.2 8.3 0% .316 1.21 3.20 2.61 0 0.00 0.0
2010 CAR Wnt PWL 3 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 6.7 0.0 3.3 0% .000 0.74 4.29 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 SJU Wnt PWL 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 6.7 3.3 0.0 3.3 0% .286 1.11 3.17 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 KIN A+ CAR 15 11 64.0 4 4 0 56 21 64 5 96 7.9 3.0 0.7 9.0 0% .297 1.20 3.55 3.23 93 4.72 96.4
2011 IND Rk AZL 3 1 5.0 0 0 0 4 1 7 0 103 7.2 1.8 0.0 12.6 0% .308 1.00 2.16 1.80 90 3.68 75.2
2012 AKR AA EAS 22 22 121.3 6 9 0 111 49 100 10 98 8.2 3.6 0.7 7.4 0% .292 1.32 4.03 3.93 104 4.76 99.2
2012 CAR Wnt PWL 11 0 15.3 1 0 1 4 8 19 1 2.3 4.7 0.6 11.2 0% .097 0.78 3.27 1.17 0 0.00 0.0
2013 COH AAA INT 9 1 8.7 0 1 0 8 9 8 0 102 8.3 9.3 0.0 8.3 0% .333 1.96 4.47 5.19 114 6.12 132.9
2013 PUR int WBC 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 7.4 4.9 0.0 4.9 0% .250 1.36 4.17 2.45 0 0.00 0.0
2014 AKR AA EAS 37 0 53.0 0 2 1 45 12 49 2 7.6 2.0 0.3 8.3 0% .291 1.08 2.73 3.23 77 3.13 66.3
2015 CLE MLB AL 6 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 107 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .231 0.90 3.10 0.00 108 4.47 104.5
2015 COH AAA INT 46 1 53.7 2 1 2 35 29 51 1 104 5.9 4.9 0.2 8.6 0% .248 1.19 3.17 2.68 96 3.16 69.3
2015 CAR Wnt PWL 5 2 15.0 0 2 0 14 7 8 0 8.4 4.2 0.0 4.8 0% .298 1.40 3.18 2.40 0 0.00 0.0
2016 IOW AAA PCL 33 0 49.0 1 3 0 51 31 55 3 9.4 5.7 0.6 10.1 57% .361 1.67 4.47 5.14 100 5.94 131.1
2016 CAR Wnt PWL 9 9 48.3 4 3 0 42 9 31 0 7.8 1.7 0.0 5.8 0% .288 1.06 1.79 2.05 0 0.00 0.0
2017 CHR AAA INT 16 0 25.3 0 0 0 24 11 32 4 8.5 3.9 1.4 11.4 53% .323 1.38 4.28 5.33 93 4.24 90.2
2017 AGU Wnt DWL 4 0 3.7 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 9.8 4.9 0.0 9.8 0% .333 1.64 1.79 7.36 0 0.00 0.0
2018 CAR Wnt PWL 13 0 21.7 4 1 7 12 10 20 0 5.0 4.2 0.0 8.3 0% .222 1.02 1.37 0.42 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 44 0.6364 0.5227 0.8696 0.6786 0.2500 1.0000 0.2500 0.1304
Career440.63640.52270.86960.67860.25001.00000.25000.1304

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
2014-04-25 2014-05-16 Minors 21 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2013-05-22 2013-09-05 Minors 106 0 - Back - -
2013-04-26 2013-05-15 Minors 19 0 - Back -
2011-06-06 2011-08-24 Minors 79 71 Left Elbow Inflammation Ulnar Nerve - -
2010-08-22 2010-09-05 Minors 14 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-07-01 2010-07-17 Minors 16 0 Left Elbow Sprain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 CHA $
2016 CLE $
2015 CLE $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 31 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 3/31/17. Released by Chicago White Sox 6/9/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/11/16. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade 4/11/16 after being DFA by Cleveland 4/3/16. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 10/22/16 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 10/26/16. Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers from Oakland 11/7/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Cleveland 9/4/15.
  • Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Detroit 7/28/10.
  • Drafted by Detroit 2009 (21-630) (Advanced Central College HS, Carolina, P.R.).

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 7.3 0 1.5 33 3 53.2 34 22 55 4 .233 1.05 2.88 3.16 -0.5 -0.1
80o 6.3 0 1.2 29 2 46.8 32 21 49 4 .248 1.14 3.27 3.59 -2.6 -0.3
70o 5.6 0 1.1 26 2 42.3 31 20 44 3 .258 1.21 3.55 3.91 -3.7 -0.4
60o 5 0 1 24 2 38.5 29 20 40 3 .268 1.27 3.80 4.19 -4.5 -0.5
50o 4.5 0 0.9 22 2 35.1 28 19 37 3 .277 1.33 4.03 4.45 -5.1 -0.6
40o 4 0 0.8 20 2 31.8 27 18 33 3 .285 1.39 4.27 4.72 -5.5 -0.6
30o 3.5 0 0.7 17 2 28.3 25 16 29 3 .295 1.46 4.53 5.02 -5.8 -0.6
20o 2.9 0 0.5 15 1 24.4 22 15 25 3 .306 1.54 4.84 5.37 -5.9 -0.6
10o 2.2 0 0.4 12 1 19.1 19 13 20 2 .322 1.65 5.28 5.87 -5.6 -0.6
Weighted Mean4.400.821234.32718363.2741.314.004.41-4.8-0.5

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Giovanni Soto threw 44 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2015, including pitches thrown in . In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Curve (75mph) and Change (74mph).