Free-agent right-hander Wander Suero signed a minor-league deal with the Houston Astros on Thursday. Suero will simply give the Astros some extra relief depth entering the 2024 season. The 32-year-old veteran reliever pitched in eight innings in five appearances out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen in 2023 and allowed seven earned runs on six hits (two home runs) while walking five and striking out nine. He didn't pitch at all in the majors in 2022 and has a 4.75 ERA (3.89 FIP) and 1.29 WHIP with one save, 71 walks and 209 strikeouts in five major-league seasons. Suero was with the Nationals from 2018 through 2021. He will most likely begin the 2024 campaign with Triple-A Sugar Land.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed free-agent right-hander Wander Suero to a minor-league deal on Tuesday. Suero didn't pitch at all in the majors in 2022 and spent the entire year pitching for Triple-A Salt Lake in the Los Angeles Angels organization, where he posted a 6.08 ERA, 1.86 WHIP, two saves, nine walks and 15 strikeouts in only 23 2/3 relief innings. The 31-year-old reliever debuted in the big leagues in 2018 and has spent all four of his seasons in the majors with the Washington Nationals, going 14-13 with a 4.61 ERA (3.80 FIP), 1.28 WHIP, one save and 25.4 percent strikeout rate in 185 relief appearances covering 185 1/3 innings. Suero will simply serve as bullpen depth for the Dodgers in 2023, and there's a good chance he'll start in the minor leagues.
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Wander Suero failed to secure the save Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies. He entered the game with two runners on, and allowed both of them to score while also giving up three earned runs of his own on three hits and a walk in one inning of work. He struck out one batter. Nationals closer Kyle Finnegan was unavailable for the game, having worked in six of the last eight contests. Suero may get the occasional opportunity going forward, but he should not be on fantasy rosters.
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Wander Suero (oblique) could be activated from the injured list on either Wednesday or Thursday. He threw one inning in a rehab assignment at Triple-A on Sunday and is now back with the Nationals, being evaluated by the medical staff. Suero landed on the injured list on April 18 due to a left oblique strain. Prior to the injury, he was off to a strong start to the year, making eight appearances and posting a 1.42 ERA and 0.95 WHIP. He figures to be one of the team's top setup men upon his return.
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Will Harris (hand) threw a simulated game on Sunday. He has not pitched in a game since mid-March, so the Nationals plan to continue to get him repetitions out of the bullpen. Reliever Wander Suero (oblique) began his throwing program on Monday and threw lightly on Tuesday. Suero is scheduled to throw again on Wednesday, and the Nationals are hopeful that he could pitch off the mound later this week. He's been on the injured list with a left oblique strain since April 18. While oblique injuries are notoriously tricky to return from, especially for pitchers, it looks as though Suero is much closer to being activated than Harris at this point.
The Washington Nationals have placed relief pitcher Wander Suero (oblique) on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain. Suero joins starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (shoulder) on the injured list. To replace the pitchers, the team recalled reliever Ryne Harper and selected the contract of reliever Paolo Espino. Suero has had a busy start to the season. He's already made eight appearances, posting a 1.42 ERA and 0.95 WHIP over 6.1 innings. With Suero sidelined, Tanner Rainey, Kyle Finnegan and Sam Clay could all see an uptick in usage as setup men.
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Wander Suero (side) exited Saturday's game with an injury to his left side, according to Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post. Suero faced only two batters in the game, allowing a walk to Eduardo Escobar and then he had to leave in the middle of a plate appearance by Nick Ahmed after grabbing his left side. Dougherty adds that Suero is set to undergo an MRI on Saturday, and the team expects to know more about his injury by Sunday. This is potentially another blow to a short-handed Nationals bullpen, as manager Dave Martinez announced before the game that reliever Luis Avilan had suffered a torn UCL in his last appearance on Thursday.
Wander Suero Allows Home Run in Latest Washington Bullpen Meltdown
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Wander Suero allowed an eighth inning three-run home run to Carlos Gomez Thursday that made the difference in a 6-4 loss to the New York Mets. Suero now has a 7.17 ERA in 21 1/3 innings, even though it was Suero's first blown save of the season. Reliever Matt Grace sits at an 8.02 ERA, Joe Ross at 7.82, Kyle Barraclough and Tony Sipp both 5.40. Only closer Sean Doolittle (3.43) and Justin Miller (4.02) are doing okay. Trevor Rosenthal (36.00) is currently on a rehab assignment. Other than Doolittle, clearly none of these pitchers is fantasy viable. More importantly for fantasy purposes, however, it's also bad news for starting pitchers Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg (2 ER in 7 IP Thursday), and Patrick Corbin, who only have a combined 10 wins in 32 starts. They are all top pitchers, of course, but their fantasy value has taken a hit from the bullpen's inability to preserve several of their leads.
Washington Nationals reliever Wander Suero worked around the two singles he gave up in Tuesday's contest versus the Pirates and retired the next two batters he faced to end the seventh inning. Suero and his wipeout slider had been called up this week to help out the Nationals beleaguered relief corps. He's a name to keep in mind moving forward, though he isn't going to be used in high-leverage situations for a while.
Washington Nationals reliever Wander Suero has been called up from the team's Triple-A affiliate in Syracuse and Austin Voth has been sent down. The move provides a fresh bullpen arm for the Nats' upcoming series against the Pirates and allows Voth to stay on a starter's schedule. In 65 1/3 innings last season, Suero faced 267 batters, surrendering just three home runs with a 1.07 WHIP and 65 strikeouts. His first outing in the minors this year was terrible (three earned runs on five hits in one inning). But since then, he's given up one hit in three innings with two strikeouts and no walks. Voth was called up Sunday and never used. He could be in the mix if the team needs a fifth starter down the road. Neither pitcher is fantasy relevant for now.
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