Before he landed on the 10-Day IL with a left oblique strain, Wander Suero had appeared in eight of the Washington Nationals’ first 12 games this season. He was called upon so often, it became something of a joke in the bullpen.
“It’s kind of a running joke, first call of the night is usually Suero, you know. It’s usually him getting up first no matter what night it is,” Daniel Hudson joked when he spoke on a Zoom call with reporters a few days after Suero went on the IL.
”Now, it’s kind of like, ‘Who is this one going to be?