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Pitcher · 2026

Albert Suárez

Age
37
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
235 lb
Number
#49
Born
October 8, 1989 in San Felix, Venezuela
MLB debut
May 8, 2016
Drafted
2017, round 1
dbWAR
1.2
3 season(s)
IP
49.0
ERA
4.22
FIP
4.76
K/9
6.1
FIP−
114
100 = avg

Albert Suárez is a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2026 he struck out 33 batters over 49.0 innings across 21 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 4.22 was 1.2% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 16 on his team, and 274th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.76 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.4% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.9%. His -0.1 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, 2026.

FIP4.76
K/96.1
WHIP1.33
WAR-.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB99882041013.227.303.455.32913.1%
vs RHB10998263920.265.321.429.32718.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Albert 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, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball53.6%40793.62,30542.3%20.9%
Cutter21.2%16185.72,16542.9%25.6%
Changeup16.4%12584.82,02833.6%20.3%
Curveball8.7%6677.82,26634.8%29.2%
Albert 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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202621049.0201462333194.224.761.336.13.5101114-0.1
20255111.2200931022.312.190.947.71.556530.3
20243224133.297013055108433.704.241.297.32.9911041.0

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.