Robert Suarez Yet to Throw Off Mound; Weiss Says Regular-Season Return Still Possible

Robert Suarez has not yet started throwing off a mound, per Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman), and the path back for the Padres closer is still uncharted. Manager Walt Weiss, however, has not written off the possibility — per the report, Weiss believes there is still a chance Suarez pitches before the regular season concludes.

The operative word is chance. The report offers no timetable, and the absence of mound work means any return would require meaningful progress in a compressed window. When Suarez does begin throwing off a mound, that step would represent the first concrete marker toward a realistic return.

For a San Diego bullpen working through the final stretch under new majority ownership — Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano were introduced earlier this week — the question of whether Suarez contributes again this year is one the club can only answer with cautious optimism for now.