Soriano & Ohtani's ERA Duel: MLB's Hottest Pitching Showdown

0:00On April 23rd, right now, the MLB-ERA leaderboard is straight fire, with Jose Soriano of the Angels leading at a tiny 0.24 earned run. Average over six starts, hot on his heels, is Shohei Otani of the Dodgers at 0.38-4 starts. Both guys dropped their ERAs even lower in starts yesterday, with Soriano going 5-0 on the year and Otani at 2-0. They are both dealing heat, striking out hitters left and right. Soriano with 43 punchouts in 37 and 2-thirds innings, Otani with 25 and 24. Soriano's walk to strikeout ratio sits at 3.3-1, while Otani edges him with 4.2-1 and a stingier 0.7. 5-wip compared to Soriano 0.82. Fans are buzzing over who you want on the mound in a big spot. No Otani bad included. Both have killer arsenals. Soriano mixing 5 pitches like his sinker and knuckle curve, Otani slinging 7, including a nasty sweeper. Splitter. Otani's touching triple digits way more often,

1:06but Soriano's stuff is wiping out swings too. Dig deeper. Soriano's throwing more 4-seam fastballs this season to set up his elite sinker, which dropped 6 inches extra and leads baseball in. Runs prevented. Otani's revived his splitter and sharpened his curve against lefties, a big shift from last year when he ditched them. These two are rewriting record books. Soriano's mark is the lowest for any starters, first six outings, since earned runs started tracking in 19. 13. And Otani joins a rare Dodgers club allowing just one earned run total in his first four starts. Keep watching. This duel is just heating up. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.