Edmundo Sosa

28-Year-Old ShortstopSS

Philadelphia Phillies

2024 Stats

AVG

.257

RBI

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

If the Phillies expected a notable step forward from Sosa last season in his first full year with the team, they would have been disappointed, though that's not to say he had a bad year. At this point, there's little reason to believe he'll suddenly become anything more than a utility infielder, but even good teams need bench players, and he clears that bar comfortably enough. His .251/.293/.427 slash line was good for a below-average 92 wRC+, but that's a perfectly palatable mark for a player who can defend competently at second, third or shortstop. Sosa's 10 homers and four steals suggest he has the potential for 20 and 10 if he ever earns full-time work, but that's unlikely to happen while he remains in Philadelphia. Even if injuries were to open up unexpected playing time, Sosa has never demonstrated the power (career 31.4 percent hard hit rate) or patience (career 3.9 percent walk rate) that hint at his bat taking a leap forward. Read Past Outlooks

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#563

ADP

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'11"

Weight 170

DOB 3/6/1996

Drafted 2012

Taking seat in Game 4

SSPhiladelphia Phillies

October 9, 2024

Sosa is not in the lineup Wednesday for Game 4 of the NLDS against the Mets, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

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Sosa often starts against left-handed pitching, as he did in Game 3 versus southpaw Sean Manaea. However, the Phillies are going with Bryson Stott at second base Wednesday versus lefty Jose Quintana.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+25%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+36%

OPS vs LHP

2023

+19%

OPS vs LHP

2022

+23%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.796	332	49	11	42	2	.264	.314	.482
Since 2022vs Right	.636	430	50	8	40	15	.234	.281	.355
2024vs Left	.861	121	21	3	14	2	.284	.347	.514
2024vs Right	.635	152	18	4	17	5	.236	.285	.350
2023vs Left	.792	123	16	6	13	0	.267	.309	.483
2023vs Right	.668	176	18	4	17	4	.239	.282	.387
2022vs Left	.715	88	12	2	15	0	.232	.276	.439
2022vs Right	.583	102	14	0	6	6	.223	.275	.309
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+3%

OPS at Home

2024

+27%

OPS on Road

2023

+6%

OPS at Home

2022

+51%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.715	389	50	10	48	8	.251	.300	.415
Since 2022Away	.697	373	49	9	34	9	.243	.291	.406
2024Home	.645	130	14	3	16	3	.238	.285	.361
2024Away	.818	143	25	4	15	4	.276	.338	.480
2023Home	.740	156	18	5	17	1	.264	.310	.431
2023Away	.697	143	16	5	13	3	.237	.275	.422
2022Home	.766	103	18	2	15	4	.247	.304	.462
2022Away	.506	87	8	0	6	2	.205	.241	.265
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Stat Review

How does Edmundo Sosa compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.20

BB Rate

4.8%

K Rate

24.2%

BABIP

.320

ISO

.165

AVG

.257

OBP

.313

SLG

.422

OPS

.734

wOBA

.322

Exit Velocity

89.2 mph

Hard Hit Rate

36.7%

Barrels/PA

5.9%

Expected BA

.243

Expected SLG

.387

Sprint Speed

24.5 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

44.0%

Line Drive %

19.6%

Fly Ball %

36.4%

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Sosa looked at least moderately interesting heading into last season, as he'd posted a 104 wRC+ in 326 plate appearances in 2021 while playing strong defense. He wasn't able to secure regular playing time in St. Louis, however, and his .189/.244/.270 slash line in 53 games of sporadic playing time hardly made the case for a larger role. The defensively-challenged Phillies still saw value in him as a bench option, acquiring him in late July. Sosa went on to hit .315/.345/.593 for his new team, but that came in just 59 plate appearances. Altogether, he finished the season with an 82 wRC+ while filling a bench role, and little in his underlying numbers suggests he deserved much more. His combination of a 26.3 K% and 2.6 BB% represents very poor plate discipline, and a 5.5% barrel rate means his contact quality wasn't good, either. Sosa should remain a capable role player going forward thanks to his defense, but that role brings minimal fantasy relevance.

Sosa's .268/.347/.383 slash line in 339 major-league plate appearances does not make much of an impression on fantasy managers. A .283/.331/.449 slash line in Triple-A is a little better until you see he struck out nearly seven times for every walk. Then you jump into his Statcast data and see 93rd percentile maxEV and 98th percentile sprint speed and now you see why someone who has otherwise boring numbers is inside the top 400 by ADP. The addition of the universal DH allows St. Louis to move Paul DeJong and his re-worked swing to DH and the superior defender Sosa into the shortstop role while he hits at the back end of the lineup. Sosa had a 25% or worse whiff rate against all pitch groupings last season, and we should expect the league to continue to work to exploit Sosa's impatience at the plate in 2022 around bursts of potential.

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Sosa got his second major-league cup of coffee in 2019, collecting two singles and a walk in 10 plate appearances. The Panamanian has blossomed in the minors over the past two campaigns; after hitting only 12 home runs through his first 1,016 minor-league at-bats, Sosa matched that total in 452 at-bats in 2018. He continued to grow in the power department last season, slugging 17 long balls while slashing .291/.335/.466 and sporting a .339 wOBA. Of course, some of his power surge may be due to the homer-happy environment of Triple-A ball, but Sosa's age (he'll turn 24 in March) and recent addition of a leg kick at the plate suggest that the transformation is legit. 2020 will be Sosa's final option year, so the Cardinals may decide to give him a longer look in the big leagues. He won't start, but with the ability to play above-average defense at multiple positions, Sosa could fill an important utility role.

The 20-year-old Sosa remains mostly projection at this point, as he was unable to build off a breakout 2015 campaign. In the 2016 season, his first year in full-season ball, Sosa slashed .270/.307/.343 in 97 games, mostly at Low-A. Sosa should stick at shortstop, but he did not show quite the power potential he flashed in 2015 and he swiped just five bases. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sosa's plate discipline and contact rate slipped against higher-level competition. Sosa did spend the last month of the season on the disabled list, cutting short any chance at a strong finish. He'll start at High-A to begin the 2017 campaign, hoping to tap into his significant upside.

The one thing the Cardinals have never had in their great farm systems of recent memory is a shortstop prospect hounds could get excited about. Sosa changes that, thanks to an advanced hit tool and a plus glove that will allow him to stick at the position. He slashed .300/.369/.485 with seven home runs and six steals (on eight attempts) in 49 games after being assigned to rookie level Johnson City in late June. At 5-foot-11, his .185 ISO as a 19-year-old is pretty impressive, and gives prospective owners a little to dream on in the power department. However, this is more of a batting average oriented profile with the hope that he can hit high enough in the order for his solid approach to allow him to score a ton of runs. The Panamanian shortstop appears ready for his first full-season assignment sometime in 2016, and he should be squarely on the radar in leagues where 200-plus prospects are rostered.

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Gets opportunity to start in Game 2

SSPhiladelphia Phillies

October 6, 2024

Sosa is batting eighth and starting at third base against the Mets in Game 2 of the NLDS on Sunday.

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Returns from injured list

SSPhiladelphia Phillies

September 17, 2024

The Phillies reinstated Sosa (back) from the 10-day injured list Tuesday, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

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Starting assignment Saturday

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September 13, 2024

Sosa (back) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

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Lands on injured list

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September 8, 2024

The Phillies placed Sosa on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to back spasms.

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Retreating to bench Wednesday

SSPhiladelphia Phillies

September 4, 2024

Sosa is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.

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Latest Fantasy Rumors

Competition for utility job

SSPhiladelphia Phillies

February 16, 2024

Sosa's bench role with the Phillies is likely to be reduced following the signing of Whit Merrifield, which was reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

ANALYSIS
Sosa appeared in line to be Philadelphia's primary backup at second base, third base and shortstop, but second base is one of the main positions for the versatile Merrifield. Sosa should be able to retain his roster spot after he posted a .720 OPS in 299 plate appearances last season, but he may not reach that workload again without a rash of injuries.

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