Cardinal Update
Jorge Sosa

The newest member of the St. Louis Cardinals in pitcher Jorge Sosa. The Cardinals obtained Sosa from the Atlanta Braves after the Braves designated him for assignment. In his career Sosa has been both a starting pitcher and reliever. It appears he will work out of the bullpen for the remainder of the season for the Cards, but there is the chance that he could get some starting assignments if his performance merits it.

Sosa is in only his 4th major league season. His major league career began in 2003 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He played for Tampa Bay also in 2004. In 2005 Sosa was on the roster of the Atlanta Braves and had a breakout season. Much was expected of Sosa by the Braves this year, but it did not work out and he is now a St. Louis Cardinal.

Sosa played a huge role in the success of the Atlanta Braves last year (2005). He won a career-high 13 games and his 2.55 ERA was the lowest of his four-year career. Sosa’s performance has not been the same in 2006. His record in 2006 for the Braves was 3 wins and 10 losses with a 5.26 earned run average in 92 innings.

So far for the Cardinals Sosa has been very good. He has pitched in relief in 3 games , a total of 5 innings, has given up only 1 earned run for an earned run average of 1.80.
Sosa is 29 years old. He is 6’2 and 175 pounds.

Like several of the Cardinals, Jorge Sosa is from the Dominican Republic. His hometown is Santo Domingo. Like the other new Cardinal, Ronnie Belliard, Sosa plays in the winter for the Dominican League Champion Licey Tigres.

In March Sosa played for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.