Daily News | Do the Phillies have a Ranger Suárez problem?
That’s neither a criticism of the Phillies left-hander nor an indictment of him as some sort of one-year wonder. It’s merely an acknowledgment of just how dreamy — and historic — his 2021 really was. With a 1.36 ERA in 106 innings, Suárez became the first pitcher since Bob Gibson —— in 1968 to post a sub-1.50 ERA in at least 100 innings while making a minimum of 10 starts.
A few days ago, Girardi met with president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, pitching coach Caleb Cotham, and director of pitching Brian Kaplan to discuss using a sixth starter for one turn through the rotation. In that scenario, the Phillies would call up lefty Bailey Falter, who didn’t make his scheduled start Tuesday night in triple A in preparation for possibly joining the big-league club on the road this week.
Regardless of how the Phillies handle Suárez’s workload, they must figure out why his command has eluded him. He’s averaging 18 pitches per inning, too many to consistently get deep into games. In his last two starts, he has thrown only 99 of 172 pitches for strikes. Suárez’s success is predicated on locating his sinker and getting ground balls. He doesn’t light up a radar gun. So while it’s notable that his average fastball velocity has trended downward over his last few starts — from 94.4 mph on May 14 in Los Angeles to 93.3 mph on May 20 against the Dodgers and 92.7 mph in Atlanta — the Phillies are largely unconcerned.
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