MLB Daily Notes - April 13
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Weekend Standout SPs
JOSE SORIANO
The guy did it AGAIN.
A 31:9 K:BB this year with just one run allowed in 27 innings. The guy is rolling. His updated pitch mix data:
The sinker gets the ground balls, and the curveball gets the whiffs. The evening out of the sinker + four-seam usage, as we noted last week, has been a change, and so far it’s worked marvelously.
The early-season rule still applies. You look to sell high in these situations. We’ve seen plenty of Soriano in these last few seasons. The stuff has always been tantalizing. He passes the eye test with that super heavy sinker and some of the movement on his other pitches. But he’s never been able to repeat it over and over again.
→ 2025: 12.1% SwStr%, 38.7% Ball%, 3.31 JA ERA, 66% GB%
→ 2026: 14.7% SwStr%, 34.5% Ball%, 3.27 JA ERA, 61% GB%
More whiffs, fewer balls, and a reduced but still very high GB%. Maybe the four-seamer will be a true difference maker. Maybe he’s just been better at commanding his pitches in the zone. We don’t know yet. I’m still betting on the guy not being all that great for the rest of the year. But it’s not like this a soft-tossing dude who is clearly just getting lucky early on.
The BABIP has been beneficial at .143. Last year it was .309. That will gravitate up towards .290 as we go forward. But you already knew he wasn’t going to be this good. I guess I’d be fine with holding the guy just to see. It’s not as though there’s no change in his approach whatsoever. More four-seamers, fewer pitches outside of the strike zone. But I’d jump at any opportunity to get a more proven positive fantasy asset for him if I could.
JEFFREY SPRINGS & MICHAEL WACHA
→ Springs: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 6 SO, 2 BB
→ Wacha: 8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 SO, 1 BB
These are sells in my book. They both lack velocity, they both lack a proven historical record, and they’re both very reliant on a changeup. And that can turn into studly outings. A good changeup can take you quite a ways. But I don’t think we’ll be looking at these veterans as 12-team positives in a month.
KEIDER MONTERO
→ 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 7 SO, 1 BB
This guy has been used in various different ways over the years. Bullpen, opener, traditional starter. He started the year with a start in AAA, and then was pushed up to the Majors. He threw 63 pitches in the first start and bulked through six innings on 80 pitches on Friday.
It’s just a 9.1% SwStr% and a 98 Stuff+, though, so he hasn’t been dominant by any means. I probably wouldn’t move too much on Montero, but he’s someone to look at for streaming moving forward since the Tigers have him stretched out.