With Josh Hader set to depart as a free agent, time is ripe for Robert Suarez to assume the ninth-inning job with the Padres
“I mean that was something that happened,” Suarez said through interpreter Danny Sanchez. “It’s over with. It’s in the past and it’s something that you learn from. It’s something that obviously I’ve taken lessons from that. But really, I’ve been focused on this season, you know, being present in 2023 and what I can control this year.”Elbow inflammation pushed off Suarez’s 2023 debut until after the All-Star break and a sticky-stuff suspension sidelined him for 10 days this month.
Suarez is in the first year of a five-year, $46-million deal. He essentially earned his multi-year contract after returning from last year’s knee injury, pitching 13 1/3 scoreless innings to cap the regular season then striking out five over six high-leverage postseason innings to help the Padres slip past the favored Mets and Dodgers.
In other words, the Padres will have to address the bullpen as well as a Blake Snell-sized hole in the rotation. Toward that end, Steven Wilson and Tom Cosgrove have emerged as viable homegrown options. Former Royals closer Scott Barlow is under team control through 2024 after arriving at the deadline.
They’re certainly paying him like a closer and he has the stuff for the profile — a four-seamer that can hit triple digits, a heavy sinker, fading change-up and slider/cutter — even if his soft-spoken nature isn’t exactly akin to a fire-breathing Rob Dibble atop the mound.
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