| Year | W | L | ERA | GS | IP | K | BB | WHIP | K/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 4 | 4.68 | 14 | 63.1 | 54 | 30 | 1.44 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 4.44 | 24 | 136.2 | 121 | 48 | 1.35 | 8.0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 | 4.26 | 31 | 169.0 | 148 | 55 | 1.28 | 7.9 |
| 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
0.84 ERA. AL Pitcher of the Month. He's the Ace Now.
José Soriano threw 169 innings in 2025 with a 4.26 ERA — durable, reliable, not a star. Through seven starts in 2026, he has a 0.84 ERA, 54 strikeouts, a 5-1 record, and the AL Pitcher of the Month award for April. That is not a hot stretch. That is a different pitcher.
With Kikuchi on the IL (arm issue, May 6), Soriano is not just the nominal ace — he is the load-bearing pillar of this rotation. The Angels are 15-23. Without him, they are 10 games worse. The separation between what he is doing and what the rest of the staff is doing is historic.
The forearm concern from spring 2025 has not resurfaced. He is pitching with full velocity and a sharper slider than last season. At 26, with another 30-start season within reach, Soriano is the one piece of this roster that is genuinely irreplaceable. Everything else the Angels fix in 2026 and beyond starts with keeping him healthy and on the mound.