José Soriano yielded seven runs in 3 2/3 innings Wednesday against the Red Sox.
Soriano’s ERA was a nice 3.41 coming into this one, but his WHIP was already a killer and giving up eight hits and three walks won’t help. In fact, at 1.59, he’s now second worst in the league in that category, putting him right in between teammates Yusei Kikuchi and Jack Kochanowicz. Soriano, an extreme groundball pitcher, has probably been somewhat unlucky to amass a .339 BABIP and give up 78 hits in 72 1/3 innings. However, he has no one to blame but himself for the 37 walks. He really ought to be better than this. Soriano will face the A’s next week.