The Orioles introduced this morning that they’ve positioned right-hander Albert Suarez on the 15-day injured checklist with proper shoulder irritation. To switch Suarez on the energetic roster, the membership chosen the contract of right-hander Matt Bowman. There was already a emptiness on the membership’s 40-man roster, so an extra corresponding transfer for Bowman was not needed.
Suarez, 35, signed with the Rays out of Venezuela and made his professional debut all the best way again in 2008 however didn’t make his massive league debut till 2016 with the Giants. The correct-hander pitched to a pedestrian 4.51 ERA with a 4.40 FIP throughout two seasons and 115 2/3 frames in San Francisco earlier than being outrighted off the golf equipment roster. He was then chosen by the Diamondbacks within the Rule 5 draft however was outrighted to the minors as soon as once more with out making an look throughout the 2018 marketing campaign.
That led Suarez to attempt his hand abroad, and he in the end spent 5 seasons pitching in Asia between Nippon Skilled Baseball’s Yakult Swallows and the Korea Baseball Group’s Samsung Lions. After posting ERAs of three.00 and three.04 respectively in these leagues, Suarez lastly acquired the chance to return to the large leagues with the Orioles in 2024, and he made the many of the alternative. The righty served as a precious swing man for Baltimore final yr, pitching 133 2/3 innings between 24 begins and eight aid appearances. The outcomes had been strong, with a league-average 3.70 ERA and a 4.24 FIP.
It was greater than sufficient for Suarez to earn a spot on the membership headed into 2025, although he in the end misplaced out on the fifth starter job this spring when the nod was given to younger southpaw Cade Povich as a substitute. In 2 2/3 innings of labor to date this yr, Suarez has allowed two runs (one earned) on 5 hits and no walks whereas hanging out two. It’s a strong sufficient efficiency, although a dip in his velocity was a trigger for some concern. Evidently, that was an indication of damage, as now Suarez can be out for a minimum of the subsequent couple of weeks. A extra agency timetable for Suarez’s return to motion figures to be made clear within the coming days.
Changing Suarez on the membership’s roster in the interim is Bowman. A Thirteenth-round choose by the Mets again in 2012, the right-hander acquired semi-regular work within the majors as a reliever from 2016 to 2019 with the Cardinals and Reds. Throughout that point, he pitched to a strong 4.02 ERA (105 ERA+) with a 3.67 FIP in 181 1/3 innings of labor, hanging out 19.3% of opponents alongside the best way. He didn’t pitch within the main or minor leagues from 2020 to 2022 because of the cancelled minor league season in 2020 and subsequent Tommy John surgical procedure, then made it again to the large leagues for 3 innings of labor with the Yankees in 2023. The righty resurfaced extra totally in 2024 and posted a roughly league common 4.40 ERA in 30 2/3 innings of labor cut up between the Twins, Diamondbacks, Mariners, and Orioles. Nearly all of that point was spent in Baltimore, for whom he posted a 3.45 ERA and a 4.19 FIP in 15 2/3 innings of labor.
