Gregory Soto Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 1" / 234 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 2/11/1995 (28)
- Experience
- 1
- College
- None
Gregory Soto Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Gregory Soto News
Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Gregory Soto reported to major-league spring training camp on Wednesday. Soto has been late getting to spring training this year due to visa issues, but he should still have time to get himself ready for Opening Day as he gets set to begin his first year in Philadelphia. The 28-year-old left-hander had a career-high 30 saves for the Detroit Tigers last year. However, he also saw a dip in his strikeout percentage while continuing to be wild with a 12.9 percent walk rate. His move to an extremely crowded back end of the Phillies bullpen makes him very volatile for fantasy purposes given his wildness and likely huge drop in save opportunities.
The Philadelphia Phillies and left-handed reliever Gregory Soto avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.925 million on Friday. The Phillies just acquired Soto in a trade with the Detroit Tigers a week ago after finishing up back-to-back All-Star seasons in Detroit. Last year, he went 2-11 but had a career-low 3.28 ERA (3.59 FIP), 1.38 WHIP, career-high 30 saves and 22.8 percent strikeout rate in 60 1/3 innings over a career-high 64 relief appearances. The 27-year-old southpaw has never had a BB/9 under 5.00 in his four major-league seasons, so without nearly as many save opportunities in what is expected to be a closer-by-committee situation in Philly, Soto loses considerable fantasy appeal with his move to the Phillies. Along with Soto, the team will also have Seranthony Dominguez, Craig Kimbrel and Jose Alvarado as options to save games.
The Philadelphia Phillies acquired closer Gregory Soto and infielder Kody Clemens from the Detroit Tigers on Saturday in exchange for infielder Nick Maton, outfielder Matt Vierling and catcher Donny Sands. The 27-year-old Soto had a career-high 30 saves for the Tigers in 2022, but his fantasy stock is likely to fall with the move to Philadelphia and their closer-by-committee situation that also includes Craig Kimbrel, Seranthony Dominguez and Jose Alvarado. If the left-handed Soto can't limit his walks (12.9% BB rate last year), he could regress in 2023. Clemens, the son of Roger Clemens, made his major-league debut in 2022 and hit .145 with five homers, 17 RBI and 13 runs scored in 56 games. He'll give the Phillies flexibility on the infield as a bench bat.
Batting Order
| 1 | Trea Turner |
| 2 | Kyle Schwarber |
| 3 | J.T. Realmuto |
| 4 | Nick Castellanos |
| 5 | Bryson Stott |
| 6 | Alec Bohm |
| 7 | Jake Cave |
| 8 | Edmundo Sosa |
| 9 | Brandon Marsh |
Gregory Soto Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Trea Turner |
| 2 | Kyle Schwarber |
| 3 | J.T. Realmuto |
| 4 | Nick Castellanos |
| 5 | Bryson Stott |
| 6 | Alec Bohm |
| 7 | Jake Cave |
| 8 | Edmundo Sosa |
| 9 | Brandon Marsh |
Most people assume that Gregory Soto is the ninth-inning guy in Detroit but his ADP is only 169.48 because the Tigers are terrible. The Tigers are indeed terrible but Soto still recorded 30 saves last year. The reason to be skeptical of Soto is that he wasn't that good last season. His 3.28 ERA masks a 4.08 xERA and 4.59 xFIP, so you shouldn't bank on a repeat unless you're expecting another 3.4 HR/FB. His 22.8 K% was also quite low for an MLB closer, especially when paired with a 12.9 BB%. Soto added a four-seam fastball last season that was solid with an 11.6 SwStr% and 55.8 Zone% but didn't boost his slider as effectively as his sinker, causing the slider's SwStr% to fall from 20.7 in 2021 to 15.1 last year. Soto might right the ship and return to his 2021 27.5 K%, or Alex Lange could leverage his 3.41 ERA and 30.3 K% last season to become the closer and relegate Soto to left-handed set-up work. Roster Resource already shows the situation as a committee, so Soto might not be as safe a bet for saves as you think.
