Happy Michael Soroka Day. He’s making his 2023 debut and return to the majors after close to three years away, and is facing another 2023 debutee in Paul Blackburn. The Athletics are also taking this chance to grant a 2023 debut to another player, Jonah Bride, who is hitting ninth and playing third base today.
Here’s the Statcast graphic for tonight.
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Again, that’s not a happy set of xwOBAs for the Athletics. For the Braves, it’s nice to see Austin Riley’s xwOBA keep creeping up into solidly above average territory.