Thomas Sosa 2024

[Tony-OH]

After a slow start through his first two series, Sosa had a nice series against Down East Wood Ducks.

He's still swinging and missing a little too much, but the 5 walks and 5 doubles were good to see. 

So far he's had the best start out of the International top prospects outhitting both Tavera and Arias (who is now on IL). 

[Frobby]

 

32 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

After a slow start through his first two series, Sosa had a nice series against Down East Wood Ducks.

He's still swinging and missing a little too much, but the 5 walks and 5 doubles were good to see. 

So far he's had the best start out of the International top prospects outhitting both Tavera and Arias (who is now on IL). 

By the way, Sosa spells his first name the “English” way (Thomas), not the “Spanish” way (Tomas).   I made that mistake the other day and had to correct it after checking.

Glad to see him picking up steam.  

[Tony-OH]

Nice night for Sosa. 

As pointed out by @Warehouse "Sosa now has a 106 wRC+, which ranks 12th out of the 28 teenaged Carolina Leaguers with at least 80 PAs. His .128 ISO ranks 10th and his 12.7% swinging strike percentage ranks 12th."

In his last 4 series (one game so far this series) Sosa has picked it up slashing .257/.350/.400/.750 over 80 PAs.

Not eye popping but starting to make the adjustments.

[RZNJ]

Baseball America

 

Five Early 90th Percentile Exit Velocity Standouts

 

 

Thomas Sosa, OF, Orioles – EV 90 109.5 mph 

In 2023, Sosa impressed in his stateside debut with the Orioles Florida Complex League team, as the outfielder hit .290/.385/.492 with four home runs over 39 games. Making his full season debut in 2024, that success has not carried over for Sosa, as he’s currently hitting .232/.327/.354 over his first 26 games. While the slashline is unimpressive, Sosa’s underlying data is solid. While Sosa has fringe-average bat-to-ball skills and approach, his 109.5 mph 90th percentile EV is outstanding and nearly 10 mph above the average EV for a 19-year-old. Elevating the ball on his best contact has been a struggle at times this year for Sosa, as his 49.1% groundball rate is high. There are some warts on Sosa’s profile, but the easy plus raw power is so outlier that it makes the Orioles outfielder a name worth monitoring

 

P.S.  3 of the others are top prospects.  James Woods. Orelvis Martinez.  Roman Anthony.

[Just Regular]

Big night tonight - a homer and a triple among 3 hits so far.

[RZNJ]

1 hour ago, Just Regular said:

Big night tonight - a homer and a triple among 3 hits so far.

Big night.  I did see something funny.  He tried to throw someone out at the plate from fairly shallow RF and air mailed it into the stands.  Never seen that before.  I assume there is some type of screen he would have had to clear to do it.

[scarey1999]

Seems like he’s starting to get comfortable. This kid was really impressive from what I saw of him a few times at ST. Needs to watch those Ks but otherwise trending in the right direction. 

[Warehouse]

Roch reported that Sosa was removed from yesterday’s Shorebirds game due to a left shoulder injury.