Washington Nationals agree to terms with Michael Soroka

The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Michael Soroka on a one-year contract on Thursday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.

Soroka, 27, pitched to a 4.74 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 79.2 innings pitched in 25 games (nine starts) for the Chicago White Sox in 2024. He opened the season in Chicago’s rotation before moving to the bullpen in mid-May. He went on to post a .189 opponents’ batting average, 15.00 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (60 SO/36.0 IP) and a 2.75 ERA (11 ER/36.0 IP) in 16 relief appearances the rest of the season. Soroka capped the 2024 campaign by striking out 13 of the 26 batters he faced with two walks and a .083 opponents’ batting average (2-for-24) across his final three outings.

A National League All-Star for the Atlanta Braves in 2019, Soroka went 13-4 with a 2.68 ERA in 29 starts en route to finishing second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in his first full Major League season. From 2018 to 2023 as a member of the Braves staff, Soroka went 17-8 with a 3.32 ERA in 44 games (43 starts).

Soroka was selected by Atlanta in the first round (No. 28 overall) of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft out of Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, Alberta. He was acquired by the Chicago White Sox as a part of a five-player trade on Nov. 16, 2023.

Please see the attached document for the updated 40-man roster.