Daily News | Johan Rojas is among the three most intriguing players on the Phillies spring training roster
The numbers are even more encouraging under the hood, where Rojas made significant improvements in both his power and approach, with meaningful bumps in both his walk rate and extra-base-hit rate without any corresponding increase in his strikeout rate.121 PAs, 21 K, 13 BB, 9 XBH, 2 HR, 15/18 SBDo the math and you’ll see he improved his walk rate by roughly 25% and his extra-base-hit rate by roughly 50% . That’s encouraging, especially when you pair it with his base-stealing ability.
On the other hand ... well, reread that last sentence. Price points are what they are for a reason, and the Phillies only had to pay what they did for a 28-year-old two-time All-Star who has a 3.34 ERA over the last two seasons, a modest salary, and three years remaining before free agency. They were able to do that for two reasons: 1) The Tigers were willing to accept that price for Soto; 2) No other team was willing to pay more.Soto’s an interesting guy.
Last season, that strikeout rate dipped significantly enough that you can’t help but wonder if it factored into the Tigers’ decision to trade him this offseason. In 2020-21, Soto struck out 28.1% of the batters he faced. Last year, he struck out 22.8%. The results were still there, ERA-wise. So was the velocity. But for a guy whose success is almost entirely dependent on his ability to miss bats, the fact that he missed fewer of them is at least worth flagging.
Two years ago, Baker walked 11 of the 23 batters he faced in a three-game stint in the Cape Cod League. In September 2021, his first stint in affiliated ball ended after he walked 10 of 17 batters in a couple of appearances at Clearwater. Baker then began 2022 by walking eight batters in his first seven innings at Jersey Shore.
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