Brent Suter Signs 1-Year, $1.25M Deal with Angels

Anaheim, California - Veteran left-handed reliever Brent Suter finalized a one-year contract worth $1.25 million with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, bolstering the team's bullpen ahead of spring training.

The 36-year-old Suter brings a decade of major league experience, including reliable middle relief work across 348 appearances and 597 1/3 innings. He posted a career 3.57 ERA with 496 strikeouts, limiting walks to a 6.1 percent rate while inducing soft contact. Suter spent his first seven seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers from 2016 to 2022, followed by stints with the Colorado Rockies in 2023 and the Cincinnati Reds over the past two years. In Cincinnati, he appeared in 95 games, compiling a 3.43 ERA over 133 1/3 innings. His final season there in 2025 saw him make 48 outings for 67 2/3 innings with a 4.52 ERA, a career high that belied strong underlying metrics: opponents' average exit velocity ranked in the 99th percentile, hard-hit rate in the 96th, and he maintained a low 6.2 percent walk rate despite an 18.2 percent strikeout rate below league average.

The Angels, who finished 72-90 last season with the third-worst team ERA at 4.86 and a bullpen that ranked 28th in...