Soroka signs one-year deal with Braves
Calgary Redbirds alum Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) signed a one-year, $2.8-million contract with the Atlanta Braves on Friday.
November 18, 2022
By Kevin Glew
Canadian Baseball Network
The Atlanta Braves agreed to a one-year, $2.8-million contract with Mike Soroka on Friday, to avoid arbitration with the Canadian right-hander.
Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) told the 755 is Real podcast last week that he’s expecting this to be a “normal off-season” and to be ready for spring training. The Canuck righty shared some of the struggles he has endured in recovering from twice tearing his right Achilles tendon with the podcast’s hosts David O’Brien, from The Athletic, and former Braves left-hander Eric O’Flaherty.
“Flipping the switch from rehab to competing was harder than I thought it was going to be,” said Soroka, who posted a 5.40 ERA in six late-season starts between class-A and triple-A before being shut down with elbow inflammation.
Those starts represented his first game appearances since he first tore his right Achilles tendon on August 3, 2020.
A graduate of the Calgary Redbirds and Junior National Team, Soroka was a first-round pick (28th overall) of the Braves in 2015.
In 2019, he went 13-4 with a 2.68 ERA in 29 starts and finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting.