Chad Sobotka #94

Father, David, played football at Western Michigan University, while his brother, Matt, was on the crew team at the University of Wisconsin.

2020

In his third major-league season appeared in three games and finished 1-0 with a 12.27 ERA...Split his time between Atlanta and the alternate training site.

2019

Made his first Opening Day roster and appeared in 32 games for Atlanta throughout the season… Went 1-0 with a 6.21 ERA (20 ER/29.0 IP) and 38 strikeouts…Went a perfect 6-for-6 in hold chances... Missed nearly a month of action on the 10-day injured list with a left abdomen strain…Was placed on the IL on 4/29 and was reinstated and optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett on 5/25... Recalled to Atlanta for the second of four stints with the Braves on 6/23…Was optioned again the following day, 6/24, and was recalled to Atlanta from 6/30-8/1…Was recalled for the final time on 9/1 for the remainder of the season... Was on Gwinnett's injured list, 6/6-6/20, with a lumbar spine muscle strain... Pitched in 17 games for Atlanta on the road, and logged a 2.20 ERA (4 ER/16.1 IP) and .190 opponents average…In 15 games at home, had an 11.37 ERA (16 ER/12.2 IP) and opponents batted .315... In his first nine games of the season, logged a 12.38 ERA (11 ER/8.0 IP)…In his final 23 appearances, pitched to a 3.86 ERA (9 ER/21.0 IP), including a 16-game stretch from 4/20-7/23 in which he allowed just two earned runs in 16.0 innings (1.13 ERA )... Seventeen of the 20 earned runs he allowed on the season came in just six appearances, including two games in which he allowed four runs in each... In his other 26 games, pitched to a 1.07 ERA (3 ER/25.1 IP)... Made 17 appearances for Triple-A Gwinnett and went 2-1 with a 4.79 ERA (11 ER/20.2 IP).

2018

Made his major league debut and went 1-0 with a 1.88 ERA (3 ER/14.1 IP) in 14 games of relief for Atlanta ... Had his contract selected on 8/10 and made his debut that night vs. MIL…Tossed 1.0 perfect inning, fanning Jesus Aguilar for his first career strikeout ... Made two total stints with Atlanta…Was optioned back to Gwinnett on 8/29 before being recalled for good on 9/8 ... From the time of his initial selection through the end of the season, his 1.88 ERA was third lowest on the Atlanta staff (min. 10 IP)…His .104 opponents' average was lowest ... Earned his first career win on 9/8 at ARI, after inheriting two runners and stranding the bases loaded in 0.1 inning ... Split the minor league season between High-A Florida, Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett, combining to go 4-3 with a 2.03 ERA (13 ER/57.2 IP), 11 saves and 77 strikeouts ... Fanned 77 batters in 57.2 minor league innings...His 12.0 SO/9.0 IP was highest among all Braves farmhands with at least 50.0 innings pitched ... Made his first postseason roster after just 14 career major league games…Appeared in three games of the NLDS vs. LAD and allowed four runs (three earned) in 2.1 innings ... All three earned runs scored on a Manny Machado home run in the seventh inning of Game 4.

2017

Appeared in a career-most 34 games between Mississippi (AA) and Florida (A+), combining to go 4-5 with a 6.09 ERA (39 ER/57.2 IP) between the two clubs ... Set career highs in games, innings (57.2) and strikeouts (52) ... Did not make a trip to the disabled list for the first time in his career.

2016

Split his third professional campaign between three levels of the Atlanta system, combining to go 2-3 with a 3.03 ERA (13 ER/38.2 IP) and three saves between Rome (A), Carolina (A) and Mississippi (AA) ... Slowed by two stints on the 7-day disabled list, first from 4/10-5/10 (right shoulder impingement syndrome) before a second spell from 8/9-18.

2015

Logged his first professional action after missing the 2014 campaign, and combined to go 1-6 with a 6.32 ERA (26 ER/37.0 IP) in 15 games (nine starts) between Rome (A), the GCL Braves and Danville (R) ... Made two trips to the disabled list due to right forearm strains, first from 4/22-5/17 and again from 6/16-8/24.

2014

Selected by Atlanta with the 133rd pick in the 2014 draft and assigned to the GCL Braves, where he did not appear due to a stress fracture in his back.