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Andrew Suárez

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 31
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 202 lb

Born: September 11, 1992 in Miami, FL, United States
MLB debut: April 11, 2018

dbWAR: .4
IP: 27.2
ERA: 7.16
FIP: 6.94
K/9: 5.5
FIP−: 160

Andrew Suárez was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2023 he struck out 17 batters over 27.2 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.16 was 65.2% higher than the league average of 4.33 — 19th of 21 on his team, and 532nd of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.94 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.4% of swings (9.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.1%. His -0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2023.

FIP6.94

K/95.5

WHIP1.73

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2023	STL	13	0	27.2	0	0	33	22	17	15	7.16	6.94	1.73	5.5	4.9	165	160	-0.6
2020	SF	6	0	9.2	0	0	9	4	5	6	3.72	5.36	1.55	4.7	5.6	84	120	-0.0
2019	SF	21	2	32.2	0	2	39	21	25	14	5.79	5.85	1.62	6.9	3.9	128	130	-0.3
2018	SF	29	29	160.1	7	13	163	80	130	45	4.49	4.30	1.30	7.3	2.5	108	104	1.7

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2019	SF	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-126	-0.0
2018	SF	26	51	3	0	0	0	2	27	.064	.102	.064	.000	.150	3.9%	52.9%	.083	-9.7	-63	-0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	48	44	15	4	4	6	.341	.396	.727	.466	12.5%
vs RHB	82	71	18	3	11	11	.254	.354	.451	.352	13.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Andrew Suárez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	46.3%	241	92.3	1,894	46.1%	10.7%	60	.317	.964
Slider	22.8%	119	84.5	2,352	46.2%	32.1%	27	.222	.819
Changeup	18.2%	95	83.6	1,923	38.9%	33.3%	13	—	—
Curveball	10.9%	57	74.5	2,281	40.4%	11.8%	10	—	—

Andrew Suárez's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jake WoodfordSTL

ERA: 6.23
FIP: 6.61
SO: 29
WAR: -0.8

Zach NealOAK

ERA: 6.67
FIP: 7.03
SO: 25
WAR: -0.7

Comparable

Tommy DoyleCOL

ERA: 6.85
FIP: 6.13
SO: 18
WAR: -0.3

Comparable

Casey LawrenceSTL

ERA: 6.59
FIP: 6.44
SO: 20
WAR: -0.5

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.