Livan Soto

Livan Soto

22-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Los Angeles Angels
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Soto looked lke an all-world hitter during his first stint as a major-leaguer in 2022, slashing .400/.414/.582 across 59 plate appearances. Before rushing to add him to your draft board for next season, there is some important context to keep in mind: first, Soto's impressive average came with an unsustainable .500 BABIP, and second, he's never been anywhere close to that level of hitter as a minor-leaguer, posting a career .247 batting average over 1,457 at-bats. He did show significant growth last year with a .281/.379/.362 line in Double-A before jumping up the big club, and that came with an excellent 13.5% walk rate and 18.8% strikeout rate, so there's reason to believe that he can be a successful major-leaguer -- just not one that hits anywhere near .400. Before last season, Soto was looked at as a glove-first infielder, and that will likely still be his calling card to a big-league career. There isn't much power in his profile, but if he can continue to grow at the plate and steal 10-15 bases a season, there's potential for a future starting job. For 2023, he'll likely compete with the likes of Andrew Velasquez and Michael Stefanic for a backup infielder role. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#601
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Angels in September of 2022.
Promoted from Double-A
SSLos Angeles Angels
May 15, 2023
The Angels recalled Soto from Double-A Rocket City on Monday.
ANALYSIS
As anticipated, the Angels placed third baseman Anthony Rendon (groin) on the 10-day injured list to facilitate Soto's first promotion of the 2023 season. Soto received a late-season call-up to the big leagues in 2022 and delivered a .400/.414/.582 slash line in 59 plate appearances, but that level of performance stands out as a major outlier compared to every other stop he's made in the minors. He's mustered a pedestrian .566 OPS over 17 games at Rocket City this season and will likely have to settle for limited use in a utility role while he's up with the Angels.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+64%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+73%
OPS vs RHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .696 24 3 1 3 0 .261 .261 .435
Since 2021vs Right 1.143 43 7 0 6 1 .474 .512 .632
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right .833 8 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333
2022vs Left .696 24 3 1 3 0 .261 .261 .435
2022vs Right 1.202 35 6 0 6 1 .500 .514 .688
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+46%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+80%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+52%
OPS at Home
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home 1.176 32 4 1 7 0 .448 .452 .724
Since 2021Away .806 35 6 0 2 1 .344 .400 .406
2023Home .500 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
2023Away .900 6 1 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400
2022Home 1.198 30 4 1 7 0 .464 .448 .750
2022Away .787 29 5 0 2 1 .333 .379 .407
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Livan Soto 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
2.00
 
BB Rate
25.0%
 
K Rate
12.5%
 
BABIP
.400
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.333
 
OBP
.500
 
SLG
.333
 
OPS
.833
 
wOBA
.395
 
Exit Velocity
84.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
0.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.284
 
Expected SLG
.327
 
Sprint Speed
26.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
20.0%
 
Line Drive %
40.0%
 
Fly Ball %
40.0%
 
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Getting call-up Monday
SSLos Angeles Angels
May 14, 2023
The Angels plan to call up Soto from Double-A Rocket City on Monday, Daniel Alvarez-Montes of ElExtraBase.com reports.
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Demoted to Double-A
SSLos Angeles Angels
April 18, 2023
The Angels moved Soto from Triple-A Salt Lake to Double-A Rocket City on Tuesday, Sam Blum of The Athletic reports.
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Optioned to Triple-A
SSLos Angeles Angels
March 21, 2023
Soto was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Angels on Tuesday.
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Productive from leadoff spot
SSLos Angeles Angels
October 4, 2022
Soto went 2-for-5 with a run scored in Monday's extra-inning loss to the Athletics.
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Keeps hitting in win
SSLos Angeles Angels
October 2, 2022
Soto went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 8-3 win over the Rangers.
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