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Robert Suarez
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 210 lb · born Bolivar, Venezuela · age 35 · played P 34 · MLB debut 2022-04-07
134 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Robert Suarez is 35, from Bolivar, Venezuela, and in 239 MLB appearances he has 245 strikeouts — almost exactly one per game, which tells you what kind of reliever he is. His last 14 days at the major-league level: one appearance, zero strikeouts.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $16.00M
- Tax hit
- $15.00M
- Service time
- 5 yr 0 d
- Guaranteed
- $45M
The deal 3 years $45M (2026–2028) — $15.0M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 3 y/$45M (26-28) · agent Amuse Sports · 3 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $16.0M |
| Tax hit | $15.0M |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Atlanta Braves.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $15.0M
- Guaranteed
- $45.0M
- Term
- 3 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $13.0M | $16.0M | $16.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Robert Suarez
The scouting press, in their own words
In the Braves-Dodgers game tonight, 5 different pitchers threw 100.0+ mph: Edgardo Henriquez (103), Roki Sasaki (102.1), Robert Suarez (101.4), Didier Fuentez (101.2) & Edwin Díaz (100.8) That is the first time 5 pitchers have been recorded as throwing 100+ mph in one game.
FINAL: Braves 3, Dodgers 2 Ray Kerr opened for 2.2 and held Los Angeles scoreless. Robert Suarez was nails. Didier Fuentes retired 11 straight before allowing a homer. Raisel Iglesias got one out to end the game. Atlanta heads home with a split. Huge win. Sale vs. Yamamoto next.
Umpire favor
-0.8 net runs over 14 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The postseason
Robert Suarez’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- NL Division Series, Game 4 · ATL vs. LAD · 0.1 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
- NL Division Series, Game 2 · ATL vs. LAD · 1.0 IP, 1 K, 0 ER
- NL Wild Card Series, Game 3 · ATL vs. PHI · 0.2 IP, 0 K, 0 ER
The line
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