{"id":521895,"date":"2026-01-15T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/521895\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:41:13","slug":"red-sox-division-rival-had-strong-interest-in-ranger-suarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/521895\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Division Rival Had &#8216;Strong Interest&#8217; In Ranger Su\u00e1rez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By signing Ranger Su\u00e1rez on Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> killed two birds with one stone. Not only did the Red Sox fulfill their need for a true No. 2 starter, they also prevented their American League East rivals from acquiring Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNightengale\/status\/2011528477170942227?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale<\/a>, the Baltimore Orioles were in on Su\u00e1rez. Nightengale says the O\u2019s had \u201cstrong interest\u201d in him.   <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Framber Valdez and Zac Gallen remain the best two starters on the free-agent market with the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets among those looking to sign at least one more starter. The Orioles had strong interest in Ranger Suarez before he signed with the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/2011528477170942227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez delivered a solid 2025 campaign for the Philadelphia Phillies, despite bookend injuries. Starting the season on the injured list with back stiffness, he returned to post a 12-8 record with a 3.20 ERA over 26 starts and 157 1\/3 innings. Su\u00e1rez struck out 151 batters while walking just 38, showcasing command and earning a 4.0 fWAR. His season ended prematurely after a line-drive comebacker to his leg in late September, but he contributed in the postseason with a strong five-inning outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing one run.<\/p>\n<p>Over his career, Su\u00e1rez has evolved from a 2018 debutant reliever into a dependable starter since 2021. Signed as an international free agent from Venezuela in 2012, he\u2019s amassed a 53-37 record, 3.38 ERA, and 705 strikeouts across 187 games and 762 innings. His 2024 All-Star nod marked a peak, following years of steady growth in the Phillies\u2019 system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By signing Ranger Su\u00e1rez on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox killed two birds with one stone. Not only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,4,90,89,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-521895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-bostonredsox","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-ranger-suarez","14":"tag-red-sox","15":"tag-redsox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115900113788425734","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}