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José
José
59 SORIANO

Bats Throws Height Weight
RHP RIGHT RIGHT 6-3 230
BORN: OCT. 20, 1998 OPENING DAY AGE: 27
BIRTHPLACE: SANTO DOMINGO, DR RESIDES: BOCA CHICA, DR
MLB SERVICE: 3 YEARS, 121 DAYS
ACQUIRED: RETURNED BY PITTSBURGH (2020 RULE 5 PICK), NOV. 14, 2021
SIGNED THRU: 2026; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 1/3 OPTIONS USED

SORIANO’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA SORIANO
2016— DSL Angels 3-5 1.58 14 14 0 0 0 0 57.0 37 22 10 2 7 30 0 45 8 0 .187
2017— AZL Angels 2-2 2.94 12 10 0 0 0 0 49.0 43 23 16 2 2 14 0 37 9 1 .234
Orem 0-0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 .308
2018— Burlington 1-6 4.47 14 14 0 0 0 0 46.1 34 24 23 1 4 35 0 42 10 1 .217
2019— Burlington 5-6 2.55 17 15 0 0 0 0 77.2 53 31 22 5 2 48 0 84 9 0 .197
AZL Angels 0-1 1.93 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 8 2 0 .263
2020— DID NOT PLAY - No Minor League Season
2021— Bradenton (1) 0-0 14.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 7 6 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 .353
2022— ACL Angels 0-0 0.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 .148
Inland Empire 0-0 5.40 3 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 .286
2023— Rocket City 0-2 4.24 17 2 0 0 0 1 23.1 18 16 11 1 3 16 0 31 6 0 .212
LAA 1-3 3.64 38 0 0 0 0 0 42.0 33 22 17 4 7 23 2 56 2 1 .214
2024— LAA 6-7 3.42 22 20 0 1 0 0 113.0 91 50 43 8 9 45 1 97 7 0 .224
2025— LAA 10-11 4.26 31 31 0 0 0 0 169.0 158 89 80 12 5 78 0 152 8 0 .249
MAJOR TOTALS 17-21 3.89 91 51 0 7 0 0 324.0 282 161 140 24 21 146 3 305 17 1 .236
MINOR TOTALS 11-22 3.01 87 68 0 0 0 1 278.0 210 132 93 11 18 157 0 272 45 2 .212
(1) rehab assignment
Disabling Injuries: 2025 — Right forearm contusion; disabled Sept. 18 - end of season
2024 — Right arm fatigue; disabled Aug. 17 - end of season
Abdomen infection; disabled June 20 (retro to June 17) - July 2
2021 — Recovering from Tommy John surgery; disabled Feb. 17 - end of season
2025 SEASON
◆ Made second consecutive Angels Opening Day roster and
was named the Angels 2025 Nick Adenhart Award recipient, GROUNDED
as voted on by his teammates and given to the Angels top Since his MLB Debut on June 2, 2023, José
pitching performer...Led all qualified Angels pitchers in wins Soriano leads the American League with a
(10) and ranked second in starts (tied - 31), innings pitched 61.7% ground ball rate (min. 200 IP).
(169.0), fewest HR allowed (12), and FIP (3.73)...Led MLB
pitchers with 32 double plays turned behind him this season.
◆ Set career highs in bWAR (2.3), games started (31), innings
pitched (169.0) and strikeouts (152).
◆ Led Majors with a 65.3% ground ball rate in 2025, the fourth-highest ground ball rate by a qualified American
League pitcher since 2000.
◆ Pitched at least seven innings in nine starts this season...Led Angels with 15 quality starts on the season.
◆ On July 20 at Philadelphia, set single-game MLB record for ground ball rate in all tracking data since 1991...
Posted a 90.5% GB% in the game, with 19 of 21 batted balls hit on the ground across 7.0 IP (Baseball Prospectus).
◆ Led A.L. in averaging 0.64 home runs per nine innings this season...Allowed 12 home runs on the campaign, the
fewest among qualified A.L. pitchers, and did not allow a home run in 20 of 31 starts.
◆ Posted a career-high 12 strikeouts on June 10 vs. Athletics.
◆ In six starts in May, pitched to a 2.34 ERA (34.2 IP - 9 ER).
◆ Registered an 8-3 record an 2.91 ERA (92.2 IP - 30 ER) on the road, but was 2-8 with a 5.90 ERA (76.1 IP - 50 ER)
at Angel Stadium.
◆ Missed last 10 games of the season after being placed on the injured list with with a right forearm contusion
on Sept. 18.

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