Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez has been named the World Baseball Network’s MLB International Player of the Week.
Suárez has been tearing it up at the plate, hitting five home runs over his last six games, tying him with Aaron Judge for the Major League lead. His most recent homer came in a clutch moment against Judge’s New York Yankees on April 1, when Suárez launched a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning off Mark Leiter Jr., giving Arizona a 7–4 lead.
Through 24 at-bats this season, Suárez has driven in 11 runs—second-most in MLB—and boasts an impressive 1.296 OPS.
A native of Venezuela, the 33-year-old is in his 12th Major League season and his second with the Diamondbacks. He made his MLB debut in 2014 with the Detroit Tigers, who originally signed him as an amateur free agent in 2008. Suárez was traded to the Cincinnati Reds before the 2015 season, where he became an All-Star in 2018. He later joined the Seattle Mariners following the 2021 season before being acquired by the Diamondbacks ahead of the 2024 campaign.
Suárez also represented Venezuela in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, where he delivered a standout performance, batting .500 with one home run, seven RBIs, and seven hits. Team Venezuela was eliminated in the quarterfinals following a narrow 9–7 loss to Team USA at loanDepot Park in Miami.
During the 2023-24 offseason, Suárez played winter ball in the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) for Leones del Caracas. He has spent five winters with the club and won the league’s Home Run Derby at Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar on December 3.
Over the course of his MLB career, Suárez has amassed 281 home runs, 842 RBIs, and owns a career slash line of .249/.331/.459 across 5,256 at-bats.
