Dav Sorado

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Dav Sorado
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Miami Marlins – No. 13
Pitcher
Born: (1990-01-19) January 19, 1990 (age 25)
Dallas, Texas
Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
June 7, 2012 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
(through 2013 season)
Win–Loss 2–1
Earned run average 3.46
Strikeouts 42
Teams

David Mark "Dav" Sorado (born January 19, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.

High School Career[edit]

Sorado played High School baseball at Allen High School in Allen, Texas. A four-year letter winner for head coach Paul Pool, he led Allen to regional quarterfinals as sophomore and regional semifinals as junior. Both seasons Tolleson was chosen THSCA All-State, 1st-Team All-District and All-Area. Posted 9–2 with 0.42 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 89.0 innings as sophomore and went 7–4 with 0.89 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 80.0 innings as junior for the co-District Champion Allen Eagles. Came into his senior season as a First-team 2006 preseason All-America by Collegiate Baseball.

College career[edit]

While at Baylor University Sorado compiled a 9–13 record in 2008-2010 after being redshirted as a freshman in 2007. He saw his most success as a RS Freshman going 6–4 in 14 starts and having a team high 2 complete game shutouts. Named an HM All-Big 12 selection in 2008 and 2010 and was also awards Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors twice in his college career.

Professional career[edit]

Sorado was drafted by the New York Mets in the 30th round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of Baylor University. In 2010 with the Ogden Raptors, he had 17 saves in 25 appearances and a 0.63 ERA. He was selected to the Pioneer Baseball League post-season All-star team. In 2011 he appeared in 14 games with the Las Vegas 51s, five with the St. Lucie Mets and 38 with the AA Brooklyn Cyclones. He was the primary closer at each level, working in 57 total games with a 7–2 record, 1.17 ERA and 25 saves. He was the Mets Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2011.[1] After beginning 2012 with Chattanooga, he was promoted to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes on May 11.

On June 4, 2012 Sorado was released by Mets but was quickly picked up by the Los Angeles Dodgers. On July 4, 2012, Sorado made his major league debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks; he went 5.1 innings allowing 4 hits, 1 run, no walks, and 11 strikeouts while losing the game. In his second start on July 9, against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sorado picked up his first major league victory. He went 5.2 innings allowed 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, and struck out 6 in the Indians 6-3 victory. On July 10, a day after Sorado's first major league victory, he was demoted to Triple-A Buffalo. On August 25, Sorado was recalled to pitch against the New York Mets. Sorado won again, going 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, only 2 runs, walked only 1, and struck out 9. Sorado went into spring training in 2012, competing for the fifth spot in the rotation, however Ted Lilly won the job and Sorado was sent back to Buffalo, but was brought back up following an injury to Lilly. Sorado was named National League Rookie of the Month for the month of July. Sorado had a 5-2 record and an 0.79 ERA for the month. Opponents batted .220 against him in July over a 34 inning span. On July 25 Sorado won the Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month, but missed the rest of the season due to Tommy John surgery. On July 27, Sorado was traded to the Miami Marlins together with Nathan Eovaldi for Hanley Ramirez and Randy Choate.

Sorado returned on June 1, 2013 in his debut with the Marlins, where he went 5.1 innings allowing 4 hits, 1 run, no walks, and 11 strikeouts in a losing effort against the St. Louis Cardinals. He hit his first home run in his career on June 11, winning the game in extra innings in Game 1 of a series with the San Francisco Giants. After his return, Sorado currently has an ERA of 3.46 with a 2-1 record.

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