His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Suarez's 4-seam fastball averages 98.8 mph, and has touched 100.7.
148 thrown, 51% of his pitches.
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 16.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
148 thrown, averaging 98.8 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.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Suarez goes to the changeup: 41.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 25.8% the rest of the time.
104 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Suarez's changeup moves 15.6 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
91 thrown, averaging 90.9 mph.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Suarez throws a fastball 80.8% of the time, against 60.5% when he is ahead.
78 pitches behind in the count, 86 ahead.
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.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
15% of Suarez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
43 of 287 located pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Suarez works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup and Cutter. The 4-seam fastball is 51% of everything he throws.
290 classified pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Suarez puts 56.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 28.6% when he is ahead.
78 located pitches behind, 84 ahead.
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.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Suarez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 87.3 mph, against 82.7 off his changeup.
148 and 91 of them thrown.
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.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Suarez releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
238 tracked pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Suarez throws the changeup 38.5% of the time against left-handers and 20.7% against right-handers.
116 pitches to right-handers, 174 to left-handers.
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 works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Suarez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.34 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
287 located pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Suarez's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,405 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
148 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.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Suarez has thrown 12 sinkers this season, 4.1% of his pitches, at 98.3 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
290 classified pitches in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Suarez's 4-seam fastball averages 98.8 mph, and has touched 100.7.
148 thrown, 51% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Suarez works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup and Cutter. The 4-seam fastball is 51% of everything he throws.
290 classified pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Suarez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 87.3 mph, against 82.7 off his changeup.
148 and 91 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Suarez throws the changeup 38.5% of the time against left-handers and 20.7% against right-handers.
116 pitches to right-handers, 174 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Suarez's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,405 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
148 thrown in 2026.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Suarez has thrown 12 sinkers this season, 4.1% of his pitches, at 98.3 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
290 classified pitches 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 16.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
148 thrown, averaging 98.8 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Suarez's changeup moves 15.6 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
91 thrown, averaging 90.9 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.
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: 41.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 25.8% the rest of the time.
104 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Suarez throws a fastball 80.8% of the time, against 60.5% when he is ahead.
78 pitches behind in the count, 86 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Suarez puts 56.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 28.6% when he is ahead.
78 located pitches behind, 84 ahead.
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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.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
15% of Suarez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
43 of 287 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 2.34 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
287 located pitches in 2026.
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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 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
238 tracked pitches in 2026.
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