So I’ve spent a bunch of time of Suarez’ BBref page and it’s fascinating. 17 seasons of baseball all over the world in an a ton of leagues (APPY, NYPL, MIDW, GULF, FLOR, VEWL, SOUL, TL, NL, PCL, CALL, ARZ, JPEL, JPCL, KBO, IL, AL)
The thing I’ve noticed is that he is incredibly consistent. In all those 17 seasons:
1. His total era in all 17 years is 3.60 (3.81 MLB, 3.71MiLB, 3.45 Foreign)
2. His total H9 is is 9.0 (8.4MLB, 8.9MiLB, 9.1 Foreign)
3. His total HR9 is 0.7 (.9MLB, .8MiLB, .5 Foreign)
4. His total BB9 is 2.7 (3.0MLB, 2.5MiLB, 2.8 Foreign)
5. His total k9 is 7.0 (6.8 MLB, 6.7 MiLB, 7.7 Foreign)
He’s done that pitching quite a few innings (175MLB, 636MiLB, 676 Foreign)
For comparison sake this year he is 2.43era, 7.9H9, 0.2HR9, 3.3BB9, & 6.8K9. His H9 & HR9 are down a good bit resulting in the lower era. The BB9 is up slightly and the k9 is right at his career average. I see some regression in his future as the HR9 returns closer to career avg. but I don’t see him completely falling off a cliff.
Hes not going to over power you but you know what your going to get. I find it pretty incredible how he’s maintained a very consistent output of performance throughout his 17 years. Not a lot of peaks and valleys. That has a ton of value. Glad to see him have some success in the later part of his career. Easy guy to root for.