2025 Stats
W-L
2-4
ERA
3.93
WHIP
1.15
K
38
SV
24
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After spending two injury-marred seasons in a setup role, Suarez remained healthy and emerged as the Padres closer. The 33-year-old was outstanding, racking up nine wins (T-2nd among relievers), 36 saves (4th in the league) and an 81.8 percent team save share that was 6th-highest among closers. He was named NL Reliever of the Month for May and earned his first All-Star selection. Suarez wasn't sharp in the second half, but still finished with a respectable 2.77 ERA and 1.05 WHIP for the season. Perhaps most impressively, he signficantly improved his walk rate, cutting it by three percentage points. This may be attributed to a pitch mix change, as Suarez went fastball-heavy (71 percent usage) while completely abandoning his slider. The right-hander displayed improved velocity on his four-seamer, averaging 99.1 miles per hour on the pitch compared to 97.7 in 2023. As long as health persists for Suarez, he's the favorite to retain closing duties for San Diego in 2025. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a three-year, $33 million contract with the Padres in November of 2022. Exercised two-year, $16 million player option for 2026 and 2027. Contract includes $250,000 bonuses for 20, 25, 30 and 35 games finished and $500,000 bonuses for 40, 45, 50 and 55 games finished.
Notches 24th save
Suarez recorded his 24th save of the season in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Phillies, allowing one run on three hits and striking out one in the ninth inning.
Analysis
The Padres took a three-run lead into the ninth, giving Suarez the cushion to survive a few singles. The 34-year-old closer has hit a rough patch since mid-June, getting tagged for runs in five of his last eight appearances while stumbling to a 16.89 ERA, 3.56 WHIP and 5:4 K:BB over his last 5.1 innings, but he's blown only one of four save chances during that swoon. Jeremiah Estrada, Yuki Matsui and Adrian Morejon have all picked up saves as well since June 19, and Jason Adam would also likely be a factor in the ninth if manager Mike Shildt elects to shift Suarez into a lower-leverage role until he rights the ship.
The Padres took a three-run lead into the ninth, giving Suarez the cushion to survive a few singles. The 34-year-old closer has hit a rough patch since mid-June, getting tagged for runs in five of his last eight appearances while stumbling to a 16.89 ERA, 3.56 WHIP and 5:4 K:BB over his last 5.1 innings, but he's blown only one of four save chances during that swoon. Jeremiah Estrada, Yuki Matsui and Adrian Morejon have all picked up saves as well since June 19, and Jason Adam would also likely be a factor in the ninth if manager Mike Shildt elects to shift Suarez into a lower-leverage role until he rights the ship.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
17
Last 5 Games
20
How many pitches does Robert Suarez generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Robert Suarez generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-15%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-38%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .187 | 69 | 26 | 41 | 6 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .221 | 52 | 12 | 56 | 6 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .277 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .171 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .150 | 41 | 13 | 17 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .276 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .146 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .161 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-13%
ERA on Road
2025
-35%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.65 | 0.92 | 61.2 | 8.6 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.19 | 1.15 | 67.2 | 8.2 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2025Home | 3.06 | 0.91 | 17.2 | 11.2 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.74 | 1.37 | 19.0 | 7.6 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.58 | 0.98 | 32.2 | 8.0 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.95 | 1.11 | 32.1 | 8.4 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.76 | 0.79 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 3.2 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.86 | 0.98 | 16.1 | 8.8 | 3.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Robert Suarez compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.17K/9
9.3BB/9
2.9HR/9
0.2Fastball
98.3 mphERA
3.93WHIP
1.15BABIP
.307GB/FB
0.91Left On Base
61.6%Exit Velocity
81.5 mphBarrels/BBE
4.3%Spin Rate
2272 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.4%Swinging Strike
11.3%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2022
After an impressive debut in the States in 2022, Suarez declined his $5 million player option last November and became a free agent. A few days later, the right-hander signed a five-year contract with the Padres, as the team clearly thought highly of him to pay him $10 million per season. Unfortunately, Suarez missed the entire first half of 2023 while recovering from severe elbow inflammation. The soon-to-be 33-year-old made his season debut right after the All-Star break and slid right back into setup duties. Suarez would only pitch 27.2 innings across 26 appearances, however, as he also missed 10 games for the alleged use of a foreign substance. Suarez wound up compiling four wins, nine holds and a 0.90 WHIP for San Diego last year and figures to have a leg up for closing duties in 2024.
More Fantasy News
Melts down in blown save
Suarez (2-4) blew the save and took the loss in Sunday's 3-2 game at Cincinnati. He allowed two runs on four hits and one walk in one-third of an inning.
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Converts 23rd save
Suarez earned the save in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Reds, allowing two walks while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning.
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Suspension reduced to two games
Suarez's suspension for hitting Shohei Ohtani with a pitch in last Thursday's 5-3 win over the Dodgers has been reduced to two games, and he will begin serving the suspension Wednesday, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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Earns 22nd save
Suarez struck out one in a perfect inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Nationals.
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Appealing three-game suspension
Suarez was issued a three-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Friday, Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com reports.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Candidate to leave San Diego?
The Padres could trade Suarez before the deadline in an attempt to improve their offense for the second half of the regular season, Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic speculate.
Analysis
The Padres need to bolster their offense and the rotation, and Suarez might be one of the best trade assets on the roster. However, any contract discussions are complicated by the specifics of Suarez's current deal. His deal includes $8 million options for 2026 and 2027 that he must exercise or decline simultaneously after the World Series. Plus, Suarez owns a 6.23 ERA in 17.1 innings and 19 outings since the beginning of March.
The Padres need to bolster their offense and the rotation, and Suarez might be one of the best trade assets on the roster. However, any contract discussions are complicated by the specifics of Suarez's current deal. His deal includes $8 million options for 2026 and 2027 that he must exercise or decline simultaneously after the World Series. Plus, Suarez owns a 6.23 ERA in 17.1 innings and 19 outings since the beginning of March.