Jose Soriano has a 1.69 ERA since the Blue Jays acquired him at the trade deadline.
That number leads every pitcher who changed teams this summer. Not close, either.
Toronto's front office went shopping for pitching help before the deadline, and Soriano has been the headline return.
The 27-year-old right-hander has settled into Toronto's rotation like he'd been there for years.
Twenty-four appearances into his time as a Blue Jay, the results speak for themselves.
A 1.69 ERA doesn't happen by accident, especially for a pitcher adjusting to a new team midseason.
And it's arriving at exactly the moment the Blue Jays needed pitching depth the most.
Why this trade looks better with every passing start
Toronto entered the deadline sitting outside the playoff picture. The math has changed since.
The Blue Jays have surged into wild-card contention, and a front office that made this move now looks ahead of the curve.
Every trade gets graded twice, once on the day it happens and again months later once the numbers come in.
This one is grading out about as well as Toronto could have hoped.
Soriano joins a rotation that's carried this team through its recent stretch, with a staff ERA that's ranked among the best in baseball this month.
Not every deadline pickup settles in immediately. This one has, and it's changed the shape of Toronto's season.
Whether Soriano can sustain a number this low over a full stretch run remains the real test. Small samples have a way of correcting themselves.
For now, though, Toronto's front office is getting exactly what it paid for, and then some.
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