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Profiler @pitchprofiler
Gregory Soto is a Met!
Soto is a whiff‑generating, barrel‑avoiding
machine who’s been plagued by command issues
pretty much his entire career. If Jeremy Hefner can work his magic with Soto… watch out!
Mets
Analytics @MetsAnalytics
What will Gregory Soto bring
to the Mets?
This season since AJ Minter was injured on 4/26, the Mets
rank:
23rd in relief LHP innings
16th in relief LHP ERA
16th in relief LHP barrel%
Soto is one of the better lefty relievers in all of
baseball, and he fits the Jeremy Hefner mold of keeping hard contact out of the
air!
The Mets pitching staff ranks 5th in MLB with 7.9% barrel
rate allowed this year, overall but that drops to:
9th for their LHP
14th for their relievers
17th overall since losing Minter
Soto fits into the coaching staff’s identity while
strengthening that identity’s personnel weak spot - his 4.3% barrel rate
allowed is 94th percentile, and he’s only allowed 2 home runs all season.
It will be interesting to see how Mendoza utilizes Soto
in the pen - he’s been elite against lefties, almost certainly due to his
ability to suppress their hard contact. In this new age of relief pitching,
specialists can’t be quite as specialized!
Also worth noting his high walk rate is similar across
both splits.
The Mets paid a premium for Soto, but David Stearns and Jeremy Hefner have earned a certain level of benefit of the doubt in their pitching evaluations too!
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1 comment:
Excellent breakdown of Soto’s analytics. I don’t think people realize we got an absolute stud who we can work with to help elevate his game. Like we did Canning this year, Manea and Severino last year. Butto and Nunez out of the bullpen, Hefner has a strong track record which shouldn’t be ignored.
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