Joakim Soria
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| Kansas City Royals – No. 48 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: May 18, 1984 Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico |
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| Bats: Switch | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 4, 2007 for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Win-Loss | 13-15 |
| Earned run average | 2.40 |
| Strikeouts | 341 |
| Saves | 160 |
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Competitor for  Mexico |
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| Bronze | 2006 Cartagena | Team |
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (born May 18, 1984) is a Mexican right-handed baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He has been nicknamed The Mexicutioner,[1] although in February 2011, he stated that he no longer wanted to be associated with that nickname due to violence in his home country.[2]
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[edit] Mexican League career
Soria has played for his country's Diablos Rojos del México (in the Mexican Baseball League) and Yaquis de Obregón in the Winter League. He played for the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards as well. On December 9, 2006 in the Mexican Winter League, Soria threw a perfect game against the Naranjeros de Hermosillo.
[edit] Major League Baseball career
[edit] 2006
In 2006, Soria was drafted at the age of 22 by the Kansas City Royals in the Rule 5 draft out of the San Diego Padres organization.[1]
[edit] 2007
Soria debuted for the Royals in the 2007 season, and had a record of 2–3 with 17 saves and an ERA of 2.48.
[edit] 2008
Soria opened the 2008 season with 13 straight saves, breaking Al Hrabosky's club record of 11.[1] He was scored on in just two of 35 outings.[1] He went 16 1/3 innings before giving up a run and in one stretch retired 24 straight batters.[1]
On May 17, 2008, Soria signed a 3-year, 8.75 million dollar extension to his contract with the Royals, following his impressive performance as the team's closer in the first quarter of the season.[3]
Soria's fantastic start led to him being selected to play in the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.[1] Soria was the Royals' lone representative in the All-Star Game.[1] He was the first Royals closing pitcher to be named an All-Star since Mike MacDougal in 2003.[1] He pitched 1⅔ innings, striking out the Florida Marlins' Dan Uggla and New York Mets' David Wright.[4][5]
[edit] 2009
Soria had injuries but he finished the year strong with a 3–2 record with 30 saves out of 33 chances.[6]
[edit] 2010
On May 26 Soria got his 100th save against the Texas Rangers. Soria was picked for the 2010 All-Star Game, the second of his career. He finished the season with a 1.78 ERA and 43 saves in 46 opportunities.[7]
[edit] 2011
Soria struggled out of the gate in the 2011 season, blowing five of his first twelve save opportunities. After blowing saves on back to back days, Soria was replaced as closer by Aaron Crow on May 30.[8] After a couple of good relief appearances in a non-closer role, Yost announced on June 6 that Soria had earned the position back.[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kaegel, Dick. Soria heading to All-Star Game MLB.com, 6 July 2008.
- ^ "Spring training 2011: Kansas City Royals' Joakim Soria wants to get rid of 'Mexicutioner' nickname - ESPN". sports.espn.go.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/news/story?id=6151322. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ Associated Press. ESPN – Royals pitcher Soria agrees to 3-year, $8.75M extension, ESPN.com, 17 May 2008.
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080714&content_id=3135002&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc&partnerId=rss_kc
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080715&content_id=3139084&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc&partnerId=rss_kc
- ^ "Joakim Soria Stats". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=28688. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriajo01.shtml
- ^ Kaegel, Dick (2011 [last update]). "Aaron Crow will replace Joakim Soria as the Royals' closer | MLB.com: News". mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110530&content_id=19798200&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310606107
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- The official site of Joakim Soria
- Joakim Soria on Twitter
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