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“He said he let a pitch go in the second inning
and just didn't feel good,” manager Craig Counsell said.
“Finished the inning, but came into the dugout and said his
shoulder was not feeling good, so it's an IL.”
Soroka allowed one run and one hit — Tyler Stephenson's solo
shot — and struck out three while walking one before being
replaced by Ben Brown in the third inning.
Soroka came in a trade from the Nationals for two minor leaguers
to help fill a gap in Chicago’s rotation, with ace left-hander
Justin Steele out for the season and Jameson Taillon working his
way back from a right calf strain.
Counsell said he wasn't sure of the severity of the injury and
that Soroka would undergo tests and examination.
"I don’t think we should speculate," Counsell said. “It's an IL
and the doctors will take a look and then we'll go from there.”
Soroka, making his 17th start of the season, came in 3-8 with
4.87 ERA. The righty began his career with a bang, going 13-4
with a 2.68 ERA in an All-Star season with the Braves in 2019.
But he tore his right Achilles tendon twice, causing him to miss
the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
In 2024 he was 0-10 with a 4.74 ERA for the crosstown White Sox
as they set the modern-era record for losses in a season with
121.
“His velocity has gone a little bit backwards and he's trying to
figure out how to address that,” Counsell said. “I think he was
very optimistic in the first couple days here that we could help
him there and things could get better.”
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