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JOSÉ SUAREZ # 54
BORN: JAN. 3, 1998 OPENING DAY AGE: 22
BIRTHPLACE: NAGUANAGUA, VZ RESIDES: SAN DIEGO, VZ
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 91 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED AS INTERNATIONAL FREE AGENT, JULY 3, 2014

LHP HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 225 BATS: L THROWS: L
SUAREZ’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2015— Angels (DSL) 2-2 2.13 11 11 0 0 0 0 55 43 18 13 0 3 8 0 34 3 0 .215
Angels (AZL) 1-1 5.60 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.2 28 15 11 0 2 4 0 12 4 1 .364
2016— Angels (AZL) 1-3 5.36 11 5 0 0 0 0 40.1 48 31 24 1 1 13 0 46 1 2 .296
Orem 0-1 0 .00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .1 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 .300
2017— Burlington 5-1 3.62 12 12 0 0 0 0 54.2 49 25 22 7 2 18 0 71 1 1 .243
Angels (AZL) 1-0 1.93 3 3 0 0 0 0 14 10 3 3 1 0 4 0 19 0 0 .208
2018— Inland Empire 0-1 2 .00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 6 4 2 0 3 1 0 18 1 0 .182
Mobile 2-1 3.03 7 7 0 0 0 0 29.2 34 11 10 0 1 8 0 51 4 0 .286
Salt Lake 1-4 4 .48 17 17 0 0 0 0 78 .1 81 43 39 5 3 35 1 73 5 5 .268
2019— Salt Lake 2-1 3 .62 7 6 0 0 0 0 32 .1 24 15 13 3 2 17 0 31 3 1 .202
LAA 2-6 7 .11 19 15 0 0 0 0 81 100 67 64 23 10 33 1 72 5 1 .304
MAJOR TOTALS 2-6 7.11 19 15 0 0 0 0 81 100 67 64 23 10 33 1 72 5 1 .304
MINOR TOTALS 15-15 3.68 75 66 0 0 0 0 335.1 329 170 137 17 17 109 1 362 22 10 .257
2019 SEASON
suarez
◆ Made first five appearances of season with Triple-A Salt Lake before making Major League debut with Angels June 2 at
Seattle (W; 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO).
◆ Totaled 19 appearances (15 starts) across five stints with Angels...Became fifth left-hander to make 10 starts for Angels
before turning 22, joining: Frank Tanana (54), Marcelino Lopez (32), Jim Abbott (27) and Rudy May (19).
◆ At 21 years, 150 days during his debut, became youngest pitcher to appear for Angels since Tyler Chatwood in 2011 and
youngest player since Mike Trout (21 years, 57 days) in 2012.
◆ Held opponents to a .254 (35/138) average against his changeup and has recorded 43 of his 73 strikeouts with the pitch.
◆ Left-handed batters registered a .202 (17/84) batting average against, compared with a .339 (83/245) average vs. right-
handers .
◆ Earned both wins on season in day games…Was 2-2 with a 5.09 ERA (35.1 IP – 20 ER) in day games compared with a 0-4
record and 8.67 ERA (45.2 IP – 44 ER) at night.
◆ Selected to Angels 40-man roster, Nov. 20, 2018.
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2018 Angels MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Angels Minor League Pitcher of the Month (April).
◆ 2017 Angels MiLB.com Organizational All-Star.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ July 3, 2014...Signed by Angels as international free agent.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ José Rances Suarez (SWAR-ez) Quintero.
◆ Become seventh Venezuelan pitcher to start for Angels, following Kelvim Escobar, Urbano Lugo, Jhoulys Chacin,
Anthony Ortega, Luis Sanchez and Yusmeiro Petit.
◆ Entered 2019 ranked by Baseball America as #4 prospect in Angels organization...At conclusion of 2018 season was
ranked by MLB.com as #8 prospect (#2 among pitchers) in Angels system.
◆ Ranked second in all of Minor League Baseball having struck out 42% of all batters faced in 2018.
◆ Named by Baseball America as having best changeup in Angels system following 2017 and 2018 seasons.
◆ Originally signed by Angels scouts Carlos Ramirez, Mauro Zerpa and Lebi Ochoa.

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