Who’s he and the place did he come from?
He’s Joe La Sorsa and, in gentle of the truth that he grew up in suburban NYC, went to St. John’s, and is, you already know, named Joe La Sorsa, he’s the platonic perfect of a Staff Italy WBC participant. The Pink Sox acquired him yesterday in a commerce with the Pittsburgh Pirates in alternate for money. Exchanging money for one thing is normally known as “shopping for one thing,” not “buying and selling,” however MLB doesn’t allow you to name it that.
Essential factor to notice: he’s not Jorge de la Rosa, although your father-in-law in all probability spent all the decade from 2005-2015 calling Jorge de la Rosa Joe La Sorsa.
I imply, no, however you knew that already. And so does he possibly? Hearken to all this damaging self-talk! Not what we need to hear, Joe! Someone educate this man easy methods to do affirmations within the mirror each morning.
La Sorsa doesn’t have a lot of a giant league monitor document. He’s principally been a sinkerballer out of necessity, as he doesn’t have a ton velocity on his fastball, topping out at 92 MPH. He’s 6’5, which might lead you to imagine he’s one among Andrew Bailey’s extension darlings, however whereas he has been above common in that metric up to now, he’s not elite in it. The Pink Sox can be his sixth group since being drafted by the Rays in 2019.
Tl;dr, simply give me his profession MLB stats.
46 G, 57 IP, 62 H, 44 Ok, 16 BB, 11 HR, 33 ER, 5.21 ERA
Present me a cool spotlight.
Right here he’s completely dropping his goddamn thoughts after getting a giant Ok in opposition to the Dutch within the 2023 WBC. My sole hope for the remainder of the 2026 Pink Sox season is now to see him pull out this celebration within the fifth inning of a meaningless sport in opposition to the Angels and ignite every week of annoying baseball discourse.
What’s he doing in his image up there?
That’s how all of the Staff Italy gamers take care of their fifth dugout espresso.
What’s his function on the 2026 Pink Sox?
He’s not Brayan Bello’s new opener, that’s for positive.
La Sorsa had an escalator clause his contract with the Pirates, which is how he ended up with the Sox. Which means he needs to be on the 40-man roster, however it doesn’t essentially imply he needs to be on the 26-man roster. Having mentioned that, I wouldn’t be stunned to see him get a glance within the huge league bullpen over the following couple of weeks.
