Albert SuárezBAL · RP

2026 review

Albert Suárez was a long reliever who kept getting cut loose and kept getting brought back: 3 W, 0 L, 1 SV with a 3.86 ERA and 1.22 WHIP in 63.0 IP, a 17.6 K% and a 7.6 BB% over 262 BF for BAL. His year was a churn of transactions — contract selected Apr 1, designated for assignment Apr 26, free agency and a minor league deal, selected again May 1, DFA'd May 2, outrighted May 4, selected May 19, DFA'd May 25, free agency and a new deal May 29, then the same cycle repeated with a DFA Aug 21, outright Aug 23, minor league deal Aug 27, selection Sep 1, DFA Sep 6, outright Sep 8, another deal Sep 12, and a final selection Sep 24. Undrafted in NFBC drafts, he finished 572nd of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 310th of 811 pitchers, and 225th of 575 relievers. His 23.0 CSW% over 971 pitches was the 18th lowest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF. The TDK LABS card tracked the shuffle the whole way: an outright to non-roster depth in early May, a long reliever in Jul and again with recent holds in Aug, and back on Baltimore's roster in long relief by late Sep.