Suárez made his last start on July 22 against the Twins, a 7-2 Phillies defeat and his third straight losing decision, then proceeded to miss just over a month with lower-back tightness that had been lingering since before the All-Star break – which was around the time he started to cool off from an insane start to the season. 

It's been a rough go for the Phillies in the month he's been out since, which didn't get any better with Friday night's shelling of Taijuan Walker in Kansas City, so they'll take any reinforcements they can get right now and hope Suárez comes back as that dominant lefty who had himself in the early Cy Young conversation.