Coming into the 2021 season, many people in the Angels fanbase (myself included, admittedly) had started to lose faith in José Suárez panning out in Anaheim.
Once a borderline top 100 prospect and one of the cornerstones of an improving Halos’ farm system, Suárez got off to about as poor of a start to a big-league career as one can have. The young lefty had an ERA over seven and gave up a whopping 23 home runs in just 81 innings during his rookie year in 2019, and he followed that up by allowing 10 earned runs in just two innings pitched in 2020.