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Phillies Reinstate Ranger Suarez From 15-Day IL

By Mark Polishuk | August 24, 2024 at 11:35am CDT

The Phillies announced that Ranger Suarez has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list, and the left-hander will be on the mound to start today’s game against the Royals.  Left-hander Tyler Gilbert was optioned to Triple-A yesterday in advance of Suarez’s planned return.

Suarez last pitched just over a month ago, when he allowed three runs over 5 1/3 innings in a 7-2 Phillies loss to the Twins on July 22.  That was the fourth consecutive rough outing for Suarez, as his attempts to pitch through back pain were clearly having an adverse effect on his performance.  Suarez skipped the All-Star Game to get some extra rest for his back problems, but after returning from the break to post that shaky start against Minnesota, the decision was made to place him on the IL for a fuller recovery period.

After emerging as a solid member of Philadelphia’s rotation in 2022-23, Suarez took a step forward as a potential ace by posting a 1.83 ERA over his first 16 starters and 98 1/3 innings of the 2024 campaign.  Even with his last four starts boosting that ERA up to 2.87 over 119 1/3 frames for the season, Suarez’s overall numbers are still excellent, such as a 52.3% grounder rate, a 5.6% walk rate, and very strong soft-contact metrics.  The lefty is more of a contact specialist than a strikeout pitcher, but his 24.1% strikeout rate is above the league average, sitting in the 62nd percentile of all pitchers.

Suarez’s production has been reflective of the Phillies’ season, as the Phils have also had some recent struggles after an outstanding first three months.  Philadelphia is only 19-25 since July 1, and while the Braves have had their own share of struggles, Atlanta now sits only five games behind the Phillies for first place in the NL East.  A five-game lead is still a pretty comfortable position to hold on August 24, and the Phillies can only hope that a healthy and effective Suarez can help get the club back into form during the pennant race and into October.

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  1. I Threw Batteries at JD Drew

    11 months ago

    Getting Ranger back is huge. What happens with Taijuan Walker? IL? Bullpen? Waivers and release?

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    • ainteasybeingaphilsphan

      11 months ago

      Please release

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      • Kruk it

        11 months ago

        First shoot then release

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    • gregorydefelice

      11 months ago

      Definitely needs to be demoted and see if he can be a bullpen arm. Other than that, DFA him

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      • Chicken In Philly?

        11 months ago

        I don’t think he can be demoted. Would have to be outrighted first.

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    • Jackson Rubbit

      11 months ago

      Huge ? Getting Mike Schmidt back would be huge. This team has bit the dust.

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      • Cat Mando

        11 months ago

        Did Topper pee in your Cheerios or something?

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    • longines64

      11 months ago

      Don’t know what they saw in Walker. Last year was a mirage. The Phils owned him when he pitched for the Mets.

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    • DarkSide830

      11 months ago

      Nothing. They can’t do anything with him.

      Reply
  2. I Threw Batteries at JD Drew

    11 months ago

    He continues to hurt the team- time to move on

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    • Jackson Rubbit

      11 months ago

      Hurting the team is Kyle, trea, Bryce, Brandon, Bryson,Nick, and just about anyone with a a P on their chest. No Philly pride

      Reply
  3. Heels On The Field

    11 months ago

    Taijuan Walker’s stuff looks worse every game and his stuff is literal HR Derby level now. His ERA is certain to climb into double figures if the Phillies continue to pitch him.

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  4. Gwynning

    11 months ago

    Getting my popcorn ready for the offended softies to cry about “reinstate” being used in the headline!

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    • whosehighpitch

      11 months ago

      Reinstate is just not used correctly. The only Ranger that can help this team is Walker Texas Ranger. And Chuck Norris is not saving this team. Softies are the one who use reinstate too. Please go back to activated off the DL

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      • Gwynning

        11 months ago

        He wasn’t activated off the IL though, he was reinstated to the Active squad. C’mon man

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  5. CarverAndrews

    11 months ago

    There is a lot riding on Ranger returning in fine fettle, and Sanchez getting back to a bit more consistency. They can manage their way around Taj for the rest of the season if the top 4 are doing their thing.

    Taj is looking rather toasty at this point. If he could just be a middling 5th starter we could live with him, but even that is reaching too far for what he seems to have left.

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    • Jackson Rubbit

      11 months ago

      Dumbrowski failed miserably at the trade deadline. Throw in the towel.

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      • CarverAndrews

        11 months ago

        I truly hope that you are not an actual teacher, with that type of stupid retort. Unless, perhaps, you specialize in social media “studies”

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  6. ButCanHePitch

    11 months ago

    I am so glad to see Ranger back. Hopefully his back soreness is behind him. Now all they need to do is do something about Mr. Walker. This is just getting unbearable to watch.

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  7. whosehighpitch

    11 months ago

    Back soreness my behind. Any human being wakes up with back soreness everyday but somehow we all get are butts in work and go. Ploy to keep the innings down

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    • kje76

      11 months ago

      If you didn’t see that something physical was off with Ranger Suarez before he hit the IR, then we are definitely watching different games.

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