Quick hits: Mike Soroka laughs at your launch angle

Launch angle revolution, meet Michael John Graydon Soroka of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He does not give a whit about your attempts to hit “fly balls.” Don’t believe me? Look at his spray chart, through two starts so far:

See on the legend, how there are supposed to be green dots demarcating fly balls? Well... I don’t see no green dots. Neither does Soroka. Instead, what he sees is probably something like below, which evokes a hearty chortle at the legions of batters trying to “elevate.”

Yes, that’s right, among every pitcher with 10 or more batted balls allowed this year, Soroka is one of three with a negative launch angle allowed.