"Matthew Boyd gets his second start of the spring, and we should see him try to push to three innings as he readies to pitch for Team USA. The lefty looked okay the last time out, punching out four of the five batters he retired. He did allow five hits, though four of them were singles."
"A sinker monster with a good splitter and solid knuckle curve, Soriano succeeds by keeping the ball on the ground. No pitcher in baseball was better at generating grounders last season (66%), but almost all of them were better at giving up hard contact. Soriano was in the 4th percentile for both hard-hit rate (48.2%) and average exit velo (91.4%), plus he walked batters at nearly an 11% clip."
A spring training game features Matthew Boyd making his second start of the spring for Team USA preparation, aiming to extend to three innings. Boyd struck out four of five batters in his previous outing while allowing five hits. The opposing Angels start 27-year-old José Soriano, a ground-ball pitcher who struggled in his spring debut, lasting only two-thirds of an inning against the Dodgers with two strikeouts, two walks, and three hits allowed. Soriano led baseball last season in ground-ball generation at 66% but ranked in the 4th percentile for hard-hit rate and average exit velocity, while walking batters at an 11% rate. The game begins at 2:10 p.m. from Tempe Diablo Stadium.
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