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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-8-1989
Height6' 3"
Weight235 lbs
Age34 years, 5 months, 20 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-0.02016
0.62017
2018
0.02019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2016 SFN MLB 22 12 84.0 3 5 0 84 26 54 11 97 9.0 2.8 1.2 5.8 50% .281 1.31 4.67 4.29 111 5.30 117.3 0.0
2017 SFN MLB 18 0 31.7 0 3 1 28 11 34 4 8.0 3.1 1.1 9.7 47% .282 1.23 3.81 5.12 85 3.49 74.2 0.6
CareerMLB4012115.7381112378815708.72.91.26.849%.2811.294.434.511044.81105.50.5

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2008 PRI Rk APL 11 9 43.7 0 2 0 41 7 37 3 92 8.4 1.4 0.6 7.6 0% .275 1.10 3.53 3.91 93 4.14 84.6
2009 HUD A- NYP 2 2 9.7 1 0 0 8 2 4 1 90 7.4 1.9 0.9 3.7 0% .219 1.03 4.44 2.78 113 3.42 72.0
2010 BGR A MDW 12 11 41.7 2 5 0 38 16 30 5 102 8.2 3.5 1.1 6.5 0% .273 1.29 5.01 3.88 0 0.00 0.0
2010 RAY Rk GCL 3 3 9.0 0 0 0 4 1 8 0 102 4.0 1.0 0.0 8.0 0% .174 0.56 2.06 1.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 PCH A+ FSL 4 3 16.3 1 1 0 13 3 7 1 93 7.2 1.7 0.6 3.9 0% .214 0.98 3.86 2.76 110 3.84 78.4
2011 RAY Rk GCL 4 4 13.0 0 0 0 10 5 10 0 84 6.9 3.5 0.0 6.9 0% .270 1.15 3.02 1.38 98 5.79 118.3
2012 PCH A+ FSL 25 25 125.7 5 9 0 132 30 62 11 103 9.5 2.1 0.8 4.4 0% .285 1.29 4.54 4.08 113 4.96 103.3
2013 MNT AA SOU 2 2 6.3 0 0 0 10 2 6 0 104 14.2 2.8 0.0 8.5 0% .435 1.89 1.95 1.42 88 6.65 144.6
2014 PCH A+ FSL 3 3 14.0 1 0 0 14 1 10 0 95 9.0 0.6 0.0 6.4 0% .304 1.07 2.17 0.64 86 3.75 79.4
2014 MNT AA SOU 11 11 56.0 3 6 0 67 19 32 4 102 10.8 3.1 0.6 5.1 0% .328 1.54 4.09 4.34 109 6.27 132.8
2015 ARK AA TEX 27 27 163.0 11 9 0 142 40 121 14 97 7.8 2.2 0.8 6.7 0% .269 1.12 3.68 2.98 98 3.75 82.3
2016 SFN MLB NL 22 12 84.0 3 5 0 84 26 54 11 97 9.0 2.8 1.2 5.8 50% .281 1.31 4.67 4.29 111 5.30 117.3
2016 SAC AAA PCL 9 7 45.7 4 3 0 46 14 39 3 92 9.1 2.8 0.6 7.7 45% .314 1.31 3.91 4.34 92 3.93 86.8
2017 SFN MLB NL 18 0 31.7 0 3 1 28 11 34 4 8.0 3.1 1.1 9.7 47% .282 1.23 3.81 5.12 85 3.49 74.2
2017 SJO A+ CAL 2 2 6.0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 102 6.0 1.5 0.0 4.5 50% .222 0.83 3.42 3.00 103 3.63 77.3
2017 SAC AAA PCL 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 86 9.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 43% .429 1.00 0.39 0.00 63 3.14 66.8
2017 GIA Rk AZL 3 3 4.7 0 1 0 5 2 3 2 103 9.6 3.9 3.9 5.8 53% .200 1.50 9.79 9.64 121 5.61 119.5
2018 RNO AAA PCL 31 4 63.3 0 1 1 74 33 51 8 121 10.5 4.7 1.1 7.2 47% .342 1.69 5.38 4.97 107 6.07 128.4
2018 LEO Wnt VWL 9 9 52.7 3 4 0 58 15 47 7 99 9.9 2.6 1.2 8.0 44% .286 1.39 3.98 4.10 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 1350 0.5022 0.4578 0.7929 0.6327 0.2813 0.8625 0.6349 0.2071
2017 557 0.4704 0.4291 0.7197 0.5802 0.2949 0.8355 0.5172 0.2803
Career19070.49290.44940.77150.61740.28530.85460.60050.2285

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-04-05 2014-06-19 Minors 75 0 - Not Disclosed -
2013-04-14 2013-09-05 Minors 144 0 - Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2011-04-05 2011-08-20 Minors 137 0 Left Knee Recovery From Surgery Exploratory Revealed Lyme Disease 2011-03-04
2011-03-04 2011-03-11 Camp 7 0 Left Knee Surgery Exploratory Revealed Lyme Disease 2011-03-04
2011-03-04 2011-03-11 Camp 7 0 Right Knee Surgery 2011-03-04 -
2010-04-08 2010-07-07 Minors 90 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-07-06
2009-06-26 2009-09-07 Minors 73 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-07-06

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 ARI $
2017 SFN $
2016 SFN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 125 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 12/30/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 2023. Re-signed by Samsung Lions.
  • 1 year/$700,000 (2022). Signed by Samsung Lions 12/21.
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019. Signed by Yakult Swallows of Japan 12/18.
  • 1 year (2018). Selected by Arizona from San Francisco in Rule 5 draft 12/14/17. Re-signed by Arizona 3/18. DFA by Arizona 3/24/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/17. Non-tendered by San Francisco 12/1/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 11/18/15 (minor-league contact). Contract selected by San Francisco 5/5/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 11/24/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 11/12/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/3/12. DFA by Tampa Bay 8/31/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Tampa Bay 11/19/10.
  • Signed by Tampa Bay 7/2/06 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 4.8 0.5 18 10 68.8 55 26 56 7 .253 1.18 3.55 3.91 -5.5 -0.6
80o 0 4.6 0.4 17 9 62.8 54 25 51 7 .266 1.27 3.92 4.32 -7.7 -0.8
70o 0 4.5 0.4 16 9 58.6 53 25 48 7 .276 1.33 4.19 4.62 -9.0 -1.0
60o 0 4.3 0.3 15 8 55.1 52 24 45 7 .285 1.39 4.43 4.88 -10.0 -1.1
50o 0 4.2 0.3 14 8 51.9 51 24 43 7 .292 1.44 4.65 5.12 -10.7 -1.2
40o 0 4.1 0.3 13 7 48.7 50 23 40 6 .300 1.50 4.88 5.37 -11.3 -1.2
30o 0 3.9 0.3 12 7 45.4 48 22 37 6 .309 1.56 5.12 5.64 -11.8 -1.3
20o 0 3.7 0.2 11 6 41.7 47 22 34 6 .319 1.63 5.41 5.97 -12.3 -1.3
10o 0 3.5 0.2 10 5 36.6 44 20 30 6 .333 1.74 5.83 6.43 -12.5 -1.4
Weighted Mean04.10.314851.35023426.2911.434.625.09-10.4-1.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC


Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Albert Suárez threw 2,270 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Slider (88mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph), Curve (81mph) and Sinker (97mph).