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2019 Angels

José BORN: JAN. 3, 1998 OPENING DAY AGE: 21
José
Suarezarez
Su SIGNED THRU: 2019
BIRTHPLACE: NAGUANAGUA, VZ RESIDES: SAN DIEGO, VZ
LHP 72 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
MINOR TOTALS 13-14 3.68 68 60 0 0 0 0 303 305 155 124 14 15 92 1 331 19 9 .262
2018 SEASON
◆ ◆ Opened year with Adv.-A Inland Empire and was promoted to Double-A Mobile after two starts...Made seven starts for
BayBears before joining Triple-A Salt Lake in late May.
SUAREZ
◆ ◆ Recorded 11 strikeouts in each of final two starts for BayBears.
◆ ◆ Named Angels Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April, after combining to go 1-1 with a 2.49 ERA (21.2 IP - 6 ER) and
36 strikeouts across five starts for 66ers and BayBears.
◆ ◆ At time of promotion to Triple-A, had recorded 69 strikeouts in 38.2 innings (15.8 strikeouts per nine innings)...Had
fanned 42% of all batters faced, which ranked second in all of Minor League Baseball.
◆ ◆ Combined 142 strikeouts and 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings rate led all Angels minor league pitchers (min. 100 IP)...
Ranked fifth in organization in innings pitched.
◆ ◆ Enters 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.
◆ ◆ Selected to Angels 40-man roster, Nov. 20.
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.
◆ ◆ 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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