Robert Suarez
33-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
3.86
WHIP
0.86
K
3
SV
2
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
Lands second save
Suarez earned a save during Thursday's win over the Giants, allowing one run on one hit across one inning. He struck out one.
ANALYSIS
With two outs in the ninth inning, Suarez gave up a solo homer to Michael Conforto but still was able to snare his second save in as many appearances. It appears Suarez has a comfortable hold on the Padres' closing position; however, with arms like Uki Matsui and Wandy Peralta also earning high-leverage work Suarez could be on a shorter leash.
With two outs in the ninth inning, Suarez gave up a solo homer to Michael Conforto but still was able to snare his second save in as many appearances. It appears Suarez has a comfortable hold on the Padres' closing position; however, with arms like Uki Matsui and Wandy Peralta also earning high-leverage work Suarez could be on a shorter leash.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
17
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Robert Suarez generally throw?
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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 2022
-2%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-50%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .168 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 3 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .171 | 52 | 15 | 26 | 6 | |||
2024vs Left | .167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .146 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .161 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||
2022vs Left | .181 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | .172 | 36 | 9 | 16 | 4 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-58%
ERA at Home
2024
-100%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 1.73 | 0.74 | 36.1 | 10.7 | 2.7 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.14 | 1.21 | 41.1 | 9.8 | 4.4 | ||||
2024Home | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||||
2024Away | 0.00 | 0.75 | 1.1 | 13.5 | 0.0 | ||||
2023Home | 4.76 | 0.79 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 3.2 | ||||
2023Away | 3.86 | 0.98 | 16.1 | 8.8 | 3.3 | ||||
2022Home | 0.00 | 0.71 | 24.0 | 12.8 | 2.6 | ||||
2022Away | 4.56 | 1.39 | 23.2 | 10.3 | 5.3 | ||||
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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
2.40K/9
7.8BB/9
3.3HR/9
1.3Fastball
97.6 mphERA
4.23WHIP
0.90BABIP
.169GB/FB
1.57Left On Base
61.9%Exit Velocity
82.3 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2196 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.4%Swinging Strike
12.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Target of Blue Jays?
Suarez is reportedly a target for Toronto as the Blue Jays look to add bullpen assets, per Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca.
ANALYSIS
Suarez missed the majority of the 2022 season while recovering from knee surgery, but he logged a strong 2.27 ERA across 47.2 innings for the Padres upon his return. Toronto's bullpen recorded a collective 3.87 ERA last season -- 15th in MLB.
Suarez missed the majority of the 2022 season while recovering from knee surgery, but he logged a strong 2.27 ERA across 47.2 innings for the Padres upon his return. Toronto's bullpen recorded a collective 3.87 ERA last season -- 15th in MLB.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
After pitching in Japan for five seasons, Suarez underwent a bit of an adjustment period in his transition to MLB. The 31-year-old compiled a 4.66 ERA over his first month pitching in the States, but ultimately turned in a fantastic season overall. The rookie right-hander posted a 32% strikeout rate, 2.27 ERA (2.99 SIERA) and 1.05 WHIP across 47.2 innings but was limited to 45 appearances due to a knee injury that required a clean-up procedure in June. Suarez missed two months of action, but he was particularly sharp upon his return, striking out 32 over his final 24.1 innings. He did not allow an earned run at Petco Park all year and established himself as the primary setup man for the Padres. Suarez should maintain that role in 2023, but closing may be in his future after San Diego re-signed him to a five-year, $46 million deal. He'll need to cut down on his walks (11%) to take that next step.
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Nails down four-out save
Suarez recorded the final four outs of Thursday's 15-11 win over the Dodgers in South Korea to earn his first save of the season. He allowed one hit and struck out two batters.
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Shildt declines to name closer
Padres manager Mike Shildt mentioned Suarez and Yuki Matsui as possibilities but declined to name a closer when asked last week, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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Projected to serve as closer
Suarez is the Padres' projected closer even after the team's addition of Yuki Matsui, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports.
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Reinstated from suspension
The Padres reinstated Suarez (suspension) from the restricted list Monday.
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Begins serving suspension
Padres manager Bob Melvin said Suarez has dropped the appeal of his 10-game suspension and will begin serving it Thursday, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports.
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