Angels Outright Jos Suare Angels Outright Jos Suare

The Angels announced that left-hander has been sent outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. That indicates he was pa sed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for a signment a week ago. Suarez, 26, has more than three years of major league service time. That gives him the right to reject this outright a signment and elect free agency. However, since he has le s than five years of service, choosing the open market would mean forfeiting what remains of his salary. He qualified for arbitration for the first time after last season and eventually lost a hearing against the club. He is making $925K instead of the $1.3MM that his side filed for. Marvin Williams Jersey It seems fair to presume he will report to Salt Lake as opposed to walking away from the roughly half a million still coming his way. That will give the Halos a bit of non-roster pitching depth with some past succe s. The lefty had good results working as a swingman for the Angels over the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Between the two campaigns, he made 45 appearances, including 34 starts. He to sed 207 1/3 innings in that time, allowing 3.86 earned runs per nine. His 21.5% strikeout rate, 7.9% walk rate and 44.5% ground ball rate were all around league average. Since then, the results have taken a steep nosedive. He spent much of 2023 on the injured list due to a shoulder strain, posting an 8.29 ERA in 33 2/3 innings. This year, he was healthy and moved to the bullpen, but couldnt get his numbers in better shape. He threw 35 1/3 innings with an 8.15 ERA before getting bumped off the roster last week. Since hes out of options, the Angels had to remove him from the 40-man to get him off the active roster. Its unclear if the Angels want him to continue working out of the bullpen or get stretched out to start. There would be an argument for the latter, with the club likely to end up making rotation moves in the weeks to come. With a record of 30-46, they are one of the few clubs clearly in seller position as the trade deadline approaches. Since Suarez was designated for a signment, the rotation already took two big hits with hitting the injured list with a UCL injury and due to an abdominal infection. and are logical trade candidates since both are slated for free agency after 2025. has been inserted into the rotation to cover for those two but has an 8.68 ERA through two starts. is currently on a rehab a signment and will be back in the mix soon enough. could be recalled from his optional a signment, as could or . But even with those guys potentially coming back, its po sible that Suarez may have a role to play on the club down the stretch. Frank Mason III Jersey