Henry Sosa
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Henry Sosa
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 185-197 lb.
- Born July 28, 1985 in El Seybo Dominican Republic
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Henry Sosa is a minor league baseball pitcher currently on the San Francisco Giants 40-man roster (through January, 2009).
He began his professional career in 2004 with the DSL Giants, going 0-5 with a 5.30 ERA. In 2005, he improved to 5-6, 3.58 while with the same club and walked only 8 in 55 1/3 IP. He came stateside in 2006 with the AZL Giants. With them, he went 2-1 with a 3.90 ERA in nine games (six starts). He also struck out 41 batters in 32 1/3 innings while allowing just 20 hits.
In 2007, he played for the San Jose Giants and Augusta Greenjackets. He went 6-0 with a 0-73 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) with the Greenjackets and 5-5 with a 4.38 ERA in 14 starts with the Giants. He went a combined 11-5 with a 2.58 ERA in 27 games (24 starts). In 125 2/3 innings, he struck out 139 batters. Sosa then got the start in the last game of the Cal League finals and allowed 2 hits and 1 run in 4 innings as San Jose beat the Lancaster Jethawks. Baseball America named him the #7 prospect in the South Atlantic League, right behind Jordan Schafer, and the #2 prospect in the California League, between #1 Justin Upton and #3 Chris Tillman. Baseball America rated him as having the best fastball in the South Atlantic League that season.
Sosa was the 4th pitcher for the World team in the 2007 Futures Game, relieving Fautino De Los Santos with a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the 4th. He went 1-2-3, getting Jay Bruce, Chris Coghlan and Bryan Anderson all on ground balls. He was replaced by Deolis Guerra in the 5th.
He also played for the Estrellas de Oriente of the Dominican Winter League that year. For the San Jose Giants and Augusta Greenjackets in 2008, he went a combined 3-4 with a 4.21 ERA in 57 2/3 innings. He played only two games with Augusta.
