Ranger Suarez named NL Pitcher of the Month after insane April originally appeared in NBC Sports Philadelphia
Ranger Suarez is 5-0, has the second-best ERA (1.32) and best WHIP (0.63) in Major League Baseball, leads both leagues in innings per game and on Thursday was named Baseball’s Pitcher of the Month. NL in April.
The 28-year-old lefty has been the most impressive arm in a rotation that has put up gaudy numbers in the first month. The Phillies won all six of his starts. Suarez allowed just one run in his last 30 innings on an eighth-inning solo home run Saturday in San Diego.
Suarez has gone nine, seven and eight innings the last three times and is on pace for 218 innings. His career-high is 155⅓ innings in 2022. It seems unlikely the Phillies would let him go over 200, but they want him to take a step forward with his workload and he’s ready for that.
Suarez’s next game will be on Saturday at home against the Giants. The Phillies gave Suarez and Aaron Nola two extra days of rest by starting Spencer Turnbull on Tuesday after Taijuan Walker made his season debut 48 hours earlier.
The Phillies, who won a franchise-record 20 games in April and are 21-11 after completing a long road trip, have been garnering praise. Alec Bohm was the NL Player of the Week from April 22-28 and Trea Turner was the NL Player of the Week from April 15-21.
The Phillies rotation has a 2.50 ERA that is second only to the Red Sox. He leads the majors in WHIP (0.99) and innings per start (6.0) with the lowest batting average and on-base percentage of the game’s opponents. In 32 games, the Phils have had 18 quality starts, one behind Seattle’s MLB lead.
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