Overview
- After a career-best campaign, Suárez logged 157 1/3 innings with a 3.20 ERA and 151 strikeouts in 2025.
- Contract forecasts peg his market around six years and the low $160 millions, including Jim Bowden’s $164 million estimate and Spotrac’s ~$161–162 million projection.
- He is widely viewed as one of the top starters available and is expected to receive—and likely decline—a qualifying offer from the Phillies.
- Analysts cite Cristopher Sánchez, Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Jesús Luzardo and top prospect Andrew Painter as reasons Philadelphia may let him walk.
- Bleacher Report’s Tim Kelly predicts a late signing around Valentine’s Day, while opinion pieces tout fits such as the Giants and Mets.