Welcome to Chapter II in a series of articles exploring Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Soroka. For Chapter I, please click here.
Chapter II: The Slider
The slider was clearly Soroka's best pitch in 2019 despite being thrown almost half as often as the sinker.
Although the sinker generated the most overall value (15.2 runs above average in Pitch Value compared to the slider's 9.1) due to sheer volume of usage, the slider was his most overall valuable pitch if you consider both quality of pitch and frequency of use. The slider had the second best value per 100 pitches thrown (1.