The Washington Nationals brought in Michael Soroka to give him a chance to be a starting pitcher.
That was back in 2019. That season, he went 13-4 with a 2.68 ERA and made the National League All-Star Game, along with being named all-MLB second team. He was sixth in NL Cy Young voting and second in NL Rookie of the Year voting.Then it all fell apart. Now, he wants one more chance to put it back together — and theearlier this week, Soroka talked about why he wanted to join Washington. The logic was simple — he wanted to be a starting pitcher again.will give him that chance.
More than 1,000 days after the first tear he returned to Atlanta’s rotation. But, shortly after, he developed elbow inflammation and didn’t pitch again. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox that December.
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