Handling a rookie that was 21 with kid gloves while maintaining that year of control is not a detriment to the pitcher. Saying that year was not exceptional implies it was not good and that is t true. He was just put on the shelve to be extra careful. If you want to say that extending soroka this soon because of his injury history, then I would agree. I mean his injury history and buying out 4 years of control could get you 2 years of FA for pretty cheap but I still wouldn’t argue with that stance.