Albert Suárez
| Albert Suárez | |||
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| San Francisco Giants – No. 56 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: February 11, 1989 Bolivar, San Felix, Venezuela | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 8, 2016, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Win–loss record | 3–5 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.29 | ||
| Strikeouts | 54 | ||
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Albert Joe Suárez (born October 8, 1989) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Suárez began his professional career in the Tampa Bay Rays system in 2008, playing for the Princeton Rays and going 0–2 with a 3.92 ERA in 11 games (nine starts). In 2009, he pitched for the Hudson Valley Renegades, going a combined 1–0 with a 2.79 ERA in two starts. He pitched for the GCL Rays and Bowling Green Hot Rods in 2010, going a combined 2–5 with a 3.38 ERA in 15 games (14 starts). In 2011, he was 1–1 with a 2.15 ERA in eight games between the GCL Rays and Charlotte Stone Crabs and in 2012, he was 5–9 with a 4.08 ERA in 25 starts for the Stone Crabs. He made two starts for Montgomery in 2013, posting a 1.42 ERA. With Charlotte and the Montgomery Biscuits in 2014, he went a combined 4–6 with a 3.60 ERA in 14 starts.
In 2015, he was released by the Rays and signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. After going 11–9 with a 2.98 ERA in 27 starts for the Arkansas Travelers in 2015 to earn a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star selection, Suárez was signed by the Giants for 2016 with an invitation to major league spring training.[1] He started the 2016 season with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats.[2] Suárez was 1–2 with a 2.88 ERA when he was called up to the Giants on May 6, 2016.[3]
Suárez made his major league debut on May 8, 2016, pitching one scoreless inning in relief against the Colorado Rockies.[4] Suárez earned his first major league win on May 11, pitching a scoreless top of the 13th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays, escaping a bases-loaded jam by inducing José Bautista to pop out.[5] Suárez made his first major league start on June 1, 2016 against the Atlanta Braves, allowing 3 runs in 5 innings pitched. In that game, he got his first major league hit and RBI on an infield single off Ian Krol.[6]
References
- ↑ Haft, Chris (January 26, 2016). "Beede, Arroyo among Giants' camp invites". MLB.com.
- ↑ "River Cats announce 2016 Opening Day roster" (Press release). Sacramento River Cats. April 6, 2016.
- ↑ Eymer, Rick (May 6, 2016). "Giants add Suarez to bullpen, drop Mazzaro". MLB.com.
- ↑ Baggarly, Andrew (May 8, 2016). "UPDATED: Jeff Samardzija gets shaded by the shift as Nolan Arenado, Rockies beat Giants". Bay Area News Group.
- ↑ Schulman, Henry (May 12, 2016). "Giants blow late lead but beat Blue Jays in 13 innings". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ Schulman, Henry (June 2, 2016). "Giants lose 9th-inning lead, fall to Braves, lose Pence to injury". San Francisco Chronicle.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Albert Suarez on Twitter
