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Michael Soroka
B/T R/R · 6' 5" · 250 lb · born Calgary, AB, Canada · age 29 · draft 2015 rd 1 · played P 19 · MLB debut 2018-05-01
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-03): 1 G · 3.1 IP · 16.20 ERA · 3 SO · 2.70 WHIP
Injured 15-Day · Right arm inflammation. (roster status, as of )
412 batters faced scored this season His season card →
A moment
Michael Soroka's immaculate inning — Michael Soroka struck out the side on nine pitches. Nine pitches, three strikeouts, one pitcher, and no ball ever called. Read it →
Scout’s note
A 29-year-old from Calgary and a first-round pick in 2015, Soroka has 467 strikeouts in 108 big-league games. His last two MLB starts produced nine strikeouts — the arm is still getting swings and misses.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $6.50M
- Tax hit
- $7.50M
- Service time
- 7 yr 9 d
- Options left
- 0 / 3
The deal 1 year $7.5M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$7.5M (26)+27 m opt · agent ISE
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $1.0M |
| Tax hit | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Arizona Diamondbacks.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $7.50M
- Guaranteed
- $7.50M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $6.5M | $10.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Michael Soroka
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
+0.1 net runs over 13 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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