LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- General manager Alex Anthopoulos has spent the past few weeks better acquainting himself with the rich prospect crop he inherited when he joined the Braves in November. But his first introduction to Mike Soroka actually occurred when the highly touted young pitcher was still in high school.
As a member of the Canadian Junior National team, Soroka spent a couple of weeks as a high school junior and senior working out at the Blue Jays' Spring Training complex in Dunedin, Fla. He initially caught Anthopoulos' eye with a side session completed while working out with some of Toronto's prospects who were participating in the Instructional League in 2014.