Top 25 Mets Prospects for 2024: Joander Suarez (21)

Name: Joander Suarez

Position: RHP

Born: 2/27/2000

Height: 6’3”

Weight: 250 lbs.

Bats/Throws: R/R

Acquired: IFA, May 14, 2018 (Cumana, Venezuela)

2023 Stats: 21 G (19 GS), 90.1 IP, 83 H, 59 R, 51 ER (5.08 ERA), 45 BB, 118 K, .344 BABIP (High-A)/3 G (3 GS), 18.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 4 BB, 19 K, .083 BABIP (Double-A)

Signed in May 2018 to a $10,000 bonus at the end of the 2017-2018 international signing period window, Joander Suarez played for the Mets’ Dominican Summer League teams that year, posting a combined 4.35 ERA in 20.2 innings split between their two teams. The Mets brought him stateside in 2019, assigning him to the GCL Mets, and the 19-year-old posted a 1.79 ERA in 40.1 innings,…