It is difficult to fully quantify the value Albert Suárez has provided to the Orioles this season. Suárez arrived in Sarasota having not pitched in the major leagues since 2017, and he joined a Baltimore team that featured its most talented pitching staff in recent memory.
Suárez showed up, he competed, and he still failed to make the team. The Orioles made him wait a few more weeks, but Suárez eventually returned to a big league mound after a 2,395 day hiatus. He limited Minnesota to four hits over 5.2 innings in his first start and immediately emerged as one of the better feel-good stories of the young season.