{"id":117099,"date":"2026-04-22T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/soriano-sets-record-0-24-effectiveness-in-historic-start-with-angels\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:46:11","slug":"soriano-sets-record-0-24-effectiveness-in-historic-start-with-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/soriano-sets-record-0-24-effectiveness-in-historic-start-with-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Soriano Sets Record: 0.24 Effectiveness in Historic Start with Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jos\u00e9 Soriano Continues His Dominance: The Angels Celebrate Another Victory<\/h2>\n\nANAHEIM \u2013 Dominican pitcher Jos\u00e9 Soriano continues to shine this season, solidifying a historic start that led the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.\n\nDespite allowing seven hits, the most so far this year, Soriano demonstrated his ability to dominate by pitching more than five scoreless innings. His effectiveness remains at an impressive 0.24 after his first six starts.\n\nSoriano has become one of the big surprises of the season in Major League Baseball, heading towards his sixth win without losses and leading MLB in ERA and WHIP (0.82). His performance places him in a historic position, being the first starter to allow only one run in his first six starts of a campaign.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Its effectiveness is among the lowest recorded in that stretch since 1913, only comparable to Hall of Fame legends like Lefty Grove and Walter Johnson.<\/p><cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Dominican&#8217;s success is largely due to the notable improvement in his repertoire, especially his sinker, which has proven to be practically unstoppable for opposing batters. They barely manage a .056 average against this pitch, which adds up to a significant reduction in solid contact allowed.\n\nIn his most recent presentation, Soriano provoked multiple missed swings with an effective combination of pitches, including his fastball that hovers around 98 miles per hour, in addition to his splitter, curveball, and slider.\n\nThe Angels&#8217; offensive support came with solo home runs from Nolan Schanuel and Mike Trout, securing the victory for a team that continues to capitalize on their starting pitcher&#8217;s excellent form.\n\nWith this start, Soriano establishes himself as one of the most outstanding figures of the season and a fundamental element in the Angels&#8217; aspirations.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos\u00e9 Soriano Continues His Dominance: The Angels Celebrate Another Victory ANAHEIM \u2013 Dominican pitcher Jos\u00e9 Soriano continues to shine this season, solidifying a historic start that led the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite allowing seven hits, the most so far this year, Soriano demonstrated his ability to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,6178,8923,1438],"class_list":{"0":"post-117099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-effectiveness","10":"tag-jose-soriano","11":"tag-los-angeles-angels"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}