Robert Suarez
33-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
2-0
ERA
0.73
WHIP
0.69
K
24
SV
16
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
Keeps rolling for 16th save
Suarez earned a save against the Marlins on Monday, striking out one batter in a perfect inning of work.
ANALYSIS
Suarez was summoned in the ninth frame to protect a one-run lead and had no trouble doing so, retiring the side in order on 14 pitches. The right-hander came into the campaign with a loose grip on the ninth-inning role for the Padres but has emerged as one of the league's top first-half closers with 16 saves (in 16 chances) while posting a 0.73 ERA, 0.69 WHIP and 24:5 K:BB over 24.2 innings. Prior to this season, Suarez had just one save over 71 major-league appearances.
Suarez was summoned in the ninth frame to protect a one-run lead and had no trouble doing so, retiring the side in order on 14 pitches. The right-hander came into the campaign with a loose grip on the ninth-inning role for the Padres but has emerged as one of the league's top first-half closers with 16 saves (in 16 chances) while posting a 0.73 ERA, 0.69 WHIP and 24:5 K:BB over 24.2 innings. Prior to this season, Suarez had just one save over 71 major-league appearances.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
14
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
-7%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-28%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .156 | 46 | 20 | 23 | 4 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .167 | 63 | 16 | 33 | 6 | |||
2024vs Left | .118 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
2024vs Right | .163 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 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
-51%
ERA at Home
2024
-100%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 1.55 | 0.71 | 46.1 | 10.3 | 2.5 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.19 | 1.10 | 53.2 | 9.4 | 3.9 | ||||
2024Home | 1.64 | 0.64 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 1.6 | ||||
2024Away | 0.00 | 0.73 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 2.0 | ||||
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
4.80K/9
8.8BB/9
1.8HR/9
0.7Fastball
98.6 mphERA
0.73WHIP
0.69BABIP
.180GB/FB
0.63Left On Base
105.6%Exit Velocity
83.0 mphBarrels/BBE
5.4%Spin Rate
2392 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
17.8%Swinging Strike
13.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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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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Converts four-out save
Suarez picked up the save in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Yankees, striking out two while allowing one run on two hits in 1.1 innings.
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Collects 14th save
Suarez walked one and struck out one in a scoreless and hitless inning to earn the save in Thursday's 6-4 extra-inning win over the Reds.
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Back in closer role Monday
Suarez picked up a save against Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader Monday, retiring all three batters he faced in the ninth inning.
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Deployed in eighth inning Friday
Suarez earned a hold against Atlanta on Friday, allowing two hits and striking out two batters over one inning.
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Perfect for 12th save
Suarez earned the save Wednesday against the Cubs, striking out one across a perfect inning.
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