Mike Soroka was drafted 28th overall by the Atlanta Braves in 2015, and he spent portions of four seasons in the minor leagues before being called up to the Braves.
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20 Facts About Mike Soroka
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Mike Soroka was an MLB All-Star in 2019, and he finished second in National League Rookie of the Year Award voting.
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Mike Soroka attended Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, and was a goalie in youth hockey before deciding to concentrate on baseball.
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Mike Soroka pitched for the junior national team, coached by Chris Reitsma, a fellow Canadian baseball pitcher who was his mentor.
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Mike Soroka faced the New York Mets that night, pitching six innings, yielding one run and recording five strikeouts.
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Mike Soroka brought them forward as being abnormal, and was placed on the disabled list soon thereafter.
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Mike Soroka was sent to minor league camp without appearing in a spring training game.
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Mike Soroka made his season debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 18,2019, and became the youngest pitcher in the National League upon taking the mound.
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When he was placed on the National League Roster for the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mike Soroka set another age-related record, as the youngest Atlanta Braves pitcher to be named an all-star.
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Mike Soroka was runner-up in NL Rookie of the Year voting to Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, and he placed sixth in NL Cy Young Voting.
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Mike Soroka was selected to the All-MLB Second Team for that year.
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Mike Soroka opened the shortened season for the Braves on July 24,2020, pitching six scoreless innings against the New York Mets, being the youngest Opening Day starting pitcher in the team's modern history, with the age of 22 years and 354 days.
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Mike Soroka began limping and knelt down to await medical attention.
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Mike Soroka had torn his Achilles' tendon, prematurely ending his 2020 season.
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Mike Soroka began the 2021 season on the 60-day injured list in an effort to continue rehab from Achilles surgery he had last year.
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Mike Soroka had a setback while recovering and was forced to undergo a second surgery on his Achilles.
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However, Snitker backtracked the next day, saying that Mike Soroka was not out for the season and would be reevaluated in two weeks.
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Mike Soroka has since been reinstated from the injury list and is currently playing with the Gwinnett Stripers, the Braves Triple-A team.
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