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Earlier this week Padres fans were given the chance to vote on if they thought it makes sense to trade closer Robert Suarez. The results are in!

Not gonna lie. 78% is surprising. I thought it was going to be lower. There may be some fans though that aren’t in favor of trading Suarez but they understand the case to do so, so they voted yes. But still, there’s got to be some fans that are fine with trading him.

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The case to deal him is this…

He’s about to be 35 and do you want to be on the hook for $16 million the next two seasons if he decides to opt into the deal? The Padres should know more than a fan like me and maybe they think he’s going to test free agency and there are teams out there that would love to have Suarez—even if it’s just for the rest of this season.

The bullpen still would have Adrian Morejon, Jason Adam and Jeremiah Estrada at the back and A.J. Preller would be able to get a starting caliber player back that could help the offense.

The case to keep him…

I’m more on the side of keeping Suarez. The 4.04 ERA doesn’t look great but he’s still one of the save leaders in baseball and when he’s on, he can get anybody out. There were the struggles of September last year that had fans worried but then what happened? He didn’t give up a run in his three postseason appearances.

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There are struggles this year but if he gets his command back then those pitches won’t be hit as well as they have been because they won’t be catching that much of the plate.

And let’s say he’s on his game when it matters the most. I’d much rather have four dominant relievers than three when starters don’t go as deep into games as they may be able to in the regular season.

If he opts in after this season, $8 million a year isn’t the end of the world for a guy that can hit 101 to end a game.

The results of this survey were brought to you by FanDuel.

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