Jose Suarez Promoted to Triple-A Salt Lake
Published on May 27, 2018 under Southern League (SL1)
Mobile BayBears News Release
MOBILE, Ala. - The Los Angeles Angels announced Sunday that left-handed pitcher Jose Suarez has been promoted from the Double-A Mobile BayBears to Triple-A Salt Lake.
Suarez, 20, made seven starts with the BayBears after opening the season with Class A Advanced Inland Empire. He went 2-1 with a 3.03 ERA and 51 strikeouts over 29 2/3 innings pitched in the Southern League. Suarez fanned a career-high 11 batters in each of his last two starts. He is tied for third in all of Minor League Baseball with 69 strikeouts in 38 2/3 innings pitched, combined between Mobile and Inland Empire.
In two starts with the 66ers to begin the season, Suarez walked just one batter and recorded 18 strikeouts in nine innings pitched. He allowed four runs, two earned, on six hits. Suarez was the Angels Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April.
The Venezuelan southpaw is in his fourth professional season after signing with the Angels as an international free agent on July 3, 2014. After joining Class A Burlington last June, Suarez went 6-1 with a 3.28 ERA and fanned 90 batters over 68 2/3 innings, an average of 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings. Suarez was named a 2017 MiLB.com Angels Organization All-Star.
Suarez is currently the Angels No. 5 pitching prospect, and he is ranked No. 11 overall in the organization, according to MLB Pipeline. This is the first time he has been promoted to Triple-A in his career.
In a corresponding move, catcher Wade Wass returns to Mobile from Salt Lake. The Pensacola, Fla., native and University of Alabama product went 2-for-9 with a solo home run in three Triple-A games.
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