Michael Soroka returned to the majors after nearly three years away on May 29, 2023. After two outings, and despite the Braves more-than-intimating that they wanted him to be up for good once he got the call back to the bigs, he was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett exactly a week later. There’s a lot to be said about Soroka’s brief two-start ride through Oakland and Phoenix, much of which rightly needs to focus on the Braves’ stubborn insistence that he persevere beyond the eighteenth batter of the game. But while the Braves definitely shouldn’t have forced Soroka in that situation, there’s a more-pressing problem for the kid: his sinker, plainly put, isn’t sinking.
Michael Soroka wasn’t sinking
