Jan. 30: La Sorsa cleared launch waivers and is now a free agent, the Nationals introduced.
Jan. 29: The Nationals introduced that they’ve requested unconditional launch waivers on left-hander Joe La Sorsa. The lefty was already off the 40-man roster, as he was designated for task when the Nats signed Shinnosuke Ogasawara final week.
La Sorsa, 27 in April, has a earlier profession outright. The Nats handed him by means of waivers final offseason earlier than finally deciding on him again to the roster in August. A participant with a earlier profession outright has the best to reject one other such task in favor of free company. That’s doubtless why the Nats have positioned him on launch waivers as a substitute of outright waivers.
The southpaw has 50 1/3 main league innings on his monitor document. Drafted by the Rays, he climbed to the majors with that membership however was placed on waivers after simply two appearances. He was claimed by the Nats in June of 2023. As talked about, he was off the roster for a portion of the 2024 season however most of his main league innings have come for the Nats. Total, he has a 4.47 earned run common, 19.2% strikeout price, 6.4% stroll price and 40.9% floor ball price.
Within the minors, he had actually sturdy numbers in 2022 however has leveled off since then. He logged 73 1/3 innings on the farm in that 2022 season with a 2.33 ERA, 31.4% strikeout price and three.6% stroll price. Over the 2 most up-to-date seasons, he’s thrown 92 2/3 minor league innings with a 2.82 ERA however together with his 18% strikeout price and 6.2% stroll price each transferring within the mistaken route.
La Sorsa doesn’t throw exhausting, together with his fastball averaging simply 90.4 miles per hour within the majors final yr, and has usually had subpar strikeout charges. However his small pattern of massive league work has had him keep away from important harm, with Statcast having his common exit velocity and exhausting hit price each a bit higher than common. He has a few choices and fewer than a yr of service time, which might add to his attraction as a depth choice.
