His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Suarez's 4-seam fastball averages 98.6 mph, and has touched 100.7.
241 thrown, 50.3% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Suarez goes to the changeup: 47.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 24.1% the rest of the time.
159 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Suarez averages 95.9 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
290 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 6th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Suarez's 4-seam fastball carries 16.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
241 thrown, averaging 98.6 mph.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Suarez works off the plate, with only 36.6% of his pitches in the zone, 7th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 502nd in MLB.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Suarez throws a fastball 81.5% of the time, against 57% when he is ahead.
119 pitches behind in the count, 158 ahead.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Suarez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.0 mph, against 78.9 off his changeup.
241 and 152 of them thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Suarez's changeup moves 15.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
152 thrown, averaging 90.7 mph.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 28.9% of the contact Suarez gives up is hit hard, 89th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 58th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Suarez is weak: 84.9 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 64th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Suarez works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Cutter and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 50.3% of everything he throws.
479 classified pitches in 2026.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Suarez puts 38.9% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 35.1% of his pitches to left-handers.
116 pitches to right-handed hitters, 174 to left-handed hitters.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .353 expected average against them, against .308 on his offspeed pitches.
199 of his fastballs thrown.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Suarez puts 57.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.1% when he is ahead.
119 located pitches behind, 156 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Suarez throws the changeup 39.9% of the time against left-handers and 20.9% against right-handers.
206 pitches to right-handers, 273 to left-handers.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Suarez releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
427 tracked pitches in 2026.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Suarez lands 40.8% of his fastballs in the zone and only 27.5% of his offspeed pitches.
199 of his fastballs, 91 of his offspeed pitches.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.4% of Suarez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
83 of 476 located pitches.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Suarez throws a strike on the first pitch 64.8% of the time.
125 plate appearances started in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Suarez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.36 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
476 located pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Suarez's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,411 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
241 thrown in 2026.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Suarez projects a .340 average, 35th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 347th in MLB.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Suarez's 4-seam fastball averages 98.6 mph, and has touched 100.7.
241 thrown, 50.3% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Suarez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.0 mph, against 78.9 off his changeup.
241 and 152 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Suarez works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Cutter and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 50.3% of everything he throws.
479 classified pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Suarez throws the changeup 39.9% of the time against left-handers and 20.9% against right-handers.
206 pitches to right-handers, 273 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Suarez's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,411 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
241 thrown in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Suarez goes to the changeup: 47.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 24.1% the rest of the time.
159 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Suarez throws a fastball 81.5% of the time, against 57% when he is ahead.
119 pitches behind in the count, 158 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Suarez puts 57.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.1% when he is ahead.
119 located pitches behind, 156 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Suarez throws a strike on the first pitch 64.8% of the time.
125 plate appearances started in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Suarez averages 95.9 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
290 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 6th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Suarez's 4-seam fastball carries 16.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
241 thrown, averaging 98.6 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Suarez's changeup moves 15.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
152 thrown, averaging 90.7 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Suarez works off the plate, with only 36.6% of his pitches in the zone, 7th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 502nd in MLB.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 28.9% of the contact Suarez gives up is hit hard, 89th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 58th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Suarez is weak: 84.9 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 64th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Suarez projects a .340 average, 35th percentile.
290 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 347th in MLB.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Suarez puts 38.9% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 35.1% of his pitches to left-handers.
116 pitches to right-handed hitters, 174 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .353 expected average against them, against .308 on his offspeed pitches.
199 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Suarez lands 40.8% of his fastballs in the zone and only 27.5% of his offspeed pitches.
199 of his fastballs, 91 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Suarez releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
427 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.4% of Suarez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
83 of 476 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Suarez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.36 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
476 located pitches in 2026.
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