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Pitcher · 2021

Joakim Soria

Age
37
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
205 lb
Born
May 18, 1984 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico
MLB debut
April 4, 2007
dbWAR
5.4
7 season(s)
IP
37.1
ERA
5.06
FIP
4.16
K/9
9.6
FIP−
98
100 = avg

Joakim Soria is a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2021 he struck out 40 batters over 37.1 innings across 41 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 5.06 was 18.7% higher than the league average of 4.27 — 14th of 22 on his team, and 410th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.16 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.8% of swings (13.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.2%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2021.

FIP4.16
K/99.6
WHIP1.37
WAR.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202141037.1146392140125.064.161.379.62.9119980.2
202022022.122218724102.822.971.259.74.063670.5
201971169.0241513379204.303.621.0310.32.696801.0
201866060.23416532175163.122.441.1411.12.475591.5
201759056.0431492364203.702.231.2310.33.285511.6
201670066.2581703068274.054.361.459.23.6971040.2
201572067.23124551964192.533.711.098.52.564940.6

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB5651163411.314.375.588.40919.6%
vs RHB10394233829.245.301.426.31328.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Joakim Soria throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2021.

Four-Seam Fastball59.3%35992.82,33654.9%18.9%
Slider21.3%12977.72,76541.9%25.0%
Changeup14.4%8787.61,65839.1%43.4%
Curveball4.3%2670.02,65934.6%75.0%
Joakim Soria's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

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Similar players

Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.