Daily News | Ranger Suarez has grown into a crucial role with the Phillies by keeping his cool
in a suite at Citizens Bank Park. It belonged to Game 3 starter Ranger Suárez, and it was from 2012, when Suárez was just 16 years old.This kid could surprise. I see him as a back end of the rotation lefty who you could look up one day and is a go-to guy.
Agostinelli has seen so many players with so much promise not reach the big leagues, let alone the World Series. So, to see Suárez, a mid-range prospect who signed for just $25,000, give the Phillies five scoreless innings on Tuesday night, was special. Initially, the Phillies were thinking Suárez could play the outfield, but it became clear that he wouldn’t be able to hit. He had a strong arm, so they tried him out as a pitcher. Suárez threw the ball free and easy, both in his delivery and in his mind. He could spin a breaking ball and had a feel for a changeup, but more importantly, he had “ice in his veins,” as Agostinelli puts it.
Suárez now has a 1.23 ERA in five postseason appearances this year. Those haven’t all been starts. The Phillies have twice called upon Suárez to pitch in relief, in Game 5 of the NLCS and in Game 1 of the World Series. Both were high-leverage situations — it’s hard to imagine anything being low-leverage at this stage of the playoffs — but Suárez maintained his slow heartbeat throughout.
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