Suter, 32, has been working out six days a week in the hopes of getting to Arizona to begin the 2022 campaign. He's been throwing, lifting, running and biking. On Fridays, he throws to live hitters. Like several area baseball pros, he's been working out at Milford's Pro Force Sports Performance near the FC Cincinnati training complex.
An environmental science and public policy major at Harvard University, Suter has been a Roberto Clemente Award nominee and is a natural for the player rep position. Every lockout, in the end, is about money, but he tries to translate for those not privy to club seats.
"The players' side wants that every team competes," Suter said. "The tanking we've seen the last five to 10 years is a big concern for us. You don't necessarily have the best players on the field and best teams wanting to win every day."
He said that behavior messes with the market and baseball revenues. When teams are over-incentivized to lose they can capitalize by gaining better draft picks. He uses the term "guard rails" hoping that teams are putting their best competitive foot forward.
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