Jesús Luzardo
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 218LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #94, Washington Nationals | Stoneman Douglas (FL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 7 3.32 18 18 0 100.1 120 1.04
2023 10 10 3.58 32 32 0 178.2 208 1.21
2024 3 6 5.00 12 12 0 66.2 58 1.25
6 Seasons 26 34 4.29 105 89 2 512 559 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 18 4-7 3.32 100.1 120 1.04
2023 32 10-10 3.58 178.2 208 1.21
2024 12 3-6 5.00 66.2 58 1.25
6 Seasons 105 26-34 4.29 512 559 1.25
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 21 171 26 2 7.7 4.3 87.4 110.2 14.1 26.9 .148 .293 .194 .228 .296 23.1 34.8 6.5 1.50 2.26
2020 22 940 169 12 7.1 4.8 88.9 113.3 10.5 34.3 .256 .413 .320 .318 .387 36.7 23.8 6.9 4.12 4.30
2021 23 1727 287 29 10.1 6.6 89.5 115.8 14.3 35.9 .255 .459 .375 .348 .406 39.0 22.4 11.0 6.61 5.26
2022 24 1644 243 16 6.6 4.0 89.0 111.6 13.2 34.2 .218 .352 .267 .287 .367 39.1 30.0 8.8 3.32 3.39
2023 25 2988 472 45 9.5 6.1 89.5 115.3 14.5 34.7 .235 .410 .307 .307 .393 40.0 28.1 7.4 3.58 3.96
2024 26 1083 192 19 9.9 6.9 90.4 115.5 16.5 33.3 .255 .432 .315 .329 .383 41.1 21.2 8.0 5.00 4.59
Player 8553 1389 123 8.9 5.7 89.4 115.8 14.0 34.5 .239 .409 .314 .314 .387 39.1 26.0 8.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Luzardo relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(39.4%) ,
Slider
(29.2%) ,
Changeup
(22.9%) ,
Sinker
(8.3%) ,
Curveball
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 42.3 26.9 15.4 15.4 26.9 42.3 30.8 3.8 38.5 30.8 11.5 7.7 7.7 4.3
2020 47.9 18.9 24.9 8.3 42.6 37.3 20.1 1.8 34.3 20.7 27.8 7.1 7.1 4.8
2021 39.4 28.9 26.1 5.6 35.5 38.0 26.5 5.9 27.5 26.8 22.6 7.0 10.1 6.6
2022 41.2 24.7 28.0 6.2 42.4 37.9 19.8 3.7 28.0 25.9 28.8 6.6 6.6 4.0
2023 41.1 28.6 21.6 8.7 37.5 34.5 28.0 3.4 29.7 27.1 21.2 8.9 9.5 6.1
2024 38.5 33.3 23.4 4.7 41.7 29.2 29.2 3.6 28.6 28.6 24.0 5.2 9.9 6.9
Player 41.3 27.4 24.2 7.1 38.9 35.6 25.5 3.8 29.5 26.3 23.8 7.3 8.9 5.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sinker MIA L 90 94.6 19.1 -3.6 17.0ARM 1.9 11.7 -3.6 17.0ARM 1.8
2024 Curveball MIA L 2 81.6 43.4 -7.6 1.8GLV -6.3 -2.2 -5.8 1.8GLV -5.6
2024 Slider MIA L 316 83.5 37.6 -0.7 0.0GLV -6.0 1.9 -0.4 0.0GLV -5.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 427 95.2 15.2 -0.8 13.1ARM 5.1 15.3 -0.3 13.1ARM 4.9
2024 Changeup MIA L 248 86.3 28.2 -3.0 15.9ARM 1.5 8.7 -2.8 15.9ARM 1.8
2023 Slider MIA L 863 85.1 36.3 -0.3 0.1ARM -5.5 1.5 0.3 0.1ARM -5.3
2023 Cutter MIA L 11 91.4 25.8 -1.4 2.0ARM -3.7 6.9 0.0 2.0ARM -3.8
2023 Sinker MIA L 121 96.5 19.6 -1.8 17.4ARM 1.9 9.9 -1.6 17.4ARM 2.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 1367 96.7 15.5 -1.2 14.1ARM 4.7 14.0 -1.3 14.1ARM 6.2
2023 Changeup MIA L 626 88.3 28.4 -1.7 16.2ARM 1.2 6.8 -0.5 16.2ARM 2.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 427 39.4 107 .280 .484 .368 11.1 7.5 7.7 .301 .517 .391 45.3
2024 Slider -1.1 -3 316 29.2 77 .200 .347 .245 48.0 42.9 26.4 .167 .302 .213 35.7
2024 Changeup 0.4 1 248 22.9 65 .207 .328 .288 40.7 23.1 20.0 .252 .378 .312 29.5
2024 Sinker -1.4 -1 90 8.3 24 .381 .571 .448 12.5 4.2 8.3 .381 .689 .489 60.0
2024 Curveball -2.9 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 15 1,367 45.7 348 .232 .384 .316 19.4 19.5 17.9 .268 .479 .350 44.8
2023 Slider -0.5 -4 863 28.9 201 .233 .389 .292 51.8 52.7 30.1 .170 .288 .214 43.7
2023 Changeup -0.3 -2 626 21.0 153 .248 .429 .347 36.1 21.6 18.1 .223 .381 .308 28.4
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 121 4.0 37 .314 .686 .434 10.2 2.7 4.5 .344 .579 .409 32.4
2023 Cutter -0.1 0 11 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .051 .105 .069 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 248 86.3 99 18.3 10:00 9:45 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 426 95.2 98 20.0 10:30 10:30 0
2024 Sinker 90 94.6 99 20.9 10:30 10:00 30
2024 Slider 316 83.5 10 1.5 11:15 12:15 -60
2023 Changeup 619 88.3 98 18.0 9:45 9:30 15
2023 Cutter 11 91.4 50 6.5 10:45 11:30 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,341 96.7 98 19.9 10:15 10:30 -15
2023 Sinker 121 96.5 98 20.4 10:15 9:45 30
2023 Slider 849 85.1 10 1.6 9:30 7:30 120
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 58 217 5 3 -2 0 7
2020 281 1,072 0 14 -13 -6 -4
2021 436 1,727 -7 9 -14 -10 -23
2022 400 1,644 8 19 -10 -6 10
2023 759 3,078 7 19 -7 -12 7
2024 273 1,083 -5 7 -4 -4 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 171 49.1 56.0 76.6 25.3 31.8 35.7 45.7 40.4 37.7 10.5 61.1
2020 940 46.6 66.4 80.8 26.3 46.2 40.9 62.5 45.0 29.6 6.4 75.0
2021 1,727 45.5 70.4 80.3 27.5 47.9 39.6 58.4 47.0 29.9 6.0 79.6
2022 1,644 47.0 66.1 76.5 28.0 49.2 44.2 65.3 45.9 31.7 7.0 73.0
2023 2,988 47.4 67.7 80.1 31.3 45.8 42.1 59.4 48.6 31.4 6.8 77.5
2024 1,083 48.0 69.6 80.7 29.8 48.2 43.0 62.4 48.9 29.6 6.4 81.2
Player 8,553 47.0 67.8 79.6 29.0 47.0 41.9 60.7 47.2 30.8 6.7 76.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2019 90 67 12
2020 48 32 44 50 50 13 51 38 52 53 72 70 36 84 82 4
2021 15 27 19 13 15 24 13 33 47 41 18 76 46 81 57 5
2022 69 72 69 60 69 51 63 35 39 87 36 87 33 85 38 9
2023 58 62 42 35 72 5 24 37 44 82 65 85 77 90 51 3
2024 22 28 19 18 36 42 12 11 29 34 50 80 62 67 36 4
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2020 22.5 13 11.5 2 3 11 5 38.5
2021 23.9 20 19.4 1 6 10 12 60.0
2022 23.3 10 9.2 1 5 5 5 50.0
2023 23.9 22 24.4 -2 7 14 14 63.6
2024 24.0 9 8.9 0 4 7 3 33.3
Player 23.6 75 74.4 1 25 47 40 53.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2020 13 14 10 10 10 14 14 12 8 7 8 12 11 11 13 12 15 11 13 14 14 11 15 11 8 8 10 11 14 13 10
2021 20 21 18 16 19 18 21 21 15 14 17 20 21 19 21 22 20 19 21 20 21 21 22 21 18 20 18 22 21 18 18
2022 10 6 10 9 9 9 10 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 12 11 11 7 9 10 11 11 9 10
2023 22 19 22 23 27 24 28 21 27 23 25 29 22 23 28 24 26 20 24 30 23 23 31 25 19 21 27 28 22 25 23
2024 9 8 8 8 7 9 9 9 6 9 9 7 11 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 11 7 10 10 9 9 7 10 12 8 9
Player 75 69 69 67 73 75 83 70 65 62 68 78 75 72 81 78 81 69 78 83 79 75 90 79 62 68 73 83 81 74 71
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.3 95.5 -0.8 95.5 0.0 96.1 0.6 96.7 0.6 95.1 -1.6
Offspeed Velocity 86.7 87.4 0.7 86.6 -0.8 87.2 0.6 88.3 1.1 86.3 -2.0
Breaking Velocity 82.8 84.0 1.2 83.4 -0.6 83.7 0.3 85.1 1.4 83.5 -1.6
Exit Velocity 87.4 88.9 1.5 89.5 0.6 89.0 -0.5 89.5 0.5 90.4 0.9
Launch Angle 14.1 10.5 -3.6 14.3 3.8 13.2 -1.1 14.5 1.3 16.5 2.0
Barrel % 7.7 7.1 -0.6 10.1 3.0 6.6 -3.5 9.5 2.9 9.9 0.4
Hard Hit % 23.1 36.7 13.6 39.0 2.3 39.1 0.1 40.0 0.9 41.1 1.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.9 34.3 7.4 35.9 1.6 34.2 -1.7 34.7 0.5 33.3 -1.4
xBA .148 .256 0.108 .255 -0.001 .218 -0.037 .235 0.017 .255 0.020
BA .119 .257 0.138 .280 0.023 .191 -0.089 .239 0.048 .246 0.007
xwOBA .228 .318 0.090 .348 0.030 .287 -0.061 .307 0.020 .329 0.022
wOBA .194 .320 0.126 .375 0.055 .267 -0.108 .307 0.040 .315 0.008
xSLG .293 .413 0.120 .459 0.046 .352 -0.107 .410 0.058 .432 0.022
SLG .238 .429 0.191 .524 0.095 .335 -0.189 .409 0.074 .411 0.002
K% 34.8 23.8 -11.0 22.4 -1.4 30.0 7.6 28.1 -1.9 21.2 -6.9
BB% 6.5 6.9 0.4 11.0 4.1 8.8 -2.2 7.4 -1.4 8.0 0.6
Swing % 40.4 45.0 4.6 47.0 2.0 45.9 -1.1 48.6 2.7 48.9 0.3
Whiff% 37.7 29.6 -8.1 29.9 0.3 31.7 1.8 31.4 -0.3 29.6 -1.8
In Zone % 49.1 46.6 -2.5 45.5 -1.1 47.0 1.5 47.4 0.4 48.0 0.6
Out of Zone % 50.9 53.4 2.5 54.5 1.1 53.0 -1.5 52.6 -0.4 52.0 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 25.3 26.3 1.0 27.5 1.2 28.0 0.5 31.3 3.3 29.8 -1.5
First Pitch Swing % 21.7 28.6 6.9 30.9 2.3 33.5 2.6 28.2 -5.3 29.2 1.0
First Pitch Strike % 45.7 62.5 16.8 58.4 -4.1 65.3 6.9 59.4 -5.9 62.4 3.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 46 .194 31 0 0.0 15 7 46.7
2020 Shifts 247 .320 193 33 17.1 54 21 38.9
2021 Shifts 436 .375 333 89 26.7 103 43 41.7
2022 Shifts 400 .267 329 141 42.9 71 31 43.7
2023 Shades 740 .307 581 104 17.9 159 58 36.5
2024 Shades 273 .316 223 7 3.1 50 9 18.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 58 13.9 63.8% 3.4% 28 18.4 17.9% 0.0%
2020 306 15.1 49.0% 1.0% 147 19.1 4.8% 4.8%
2021 490 17.0 28.4% 1.2% 288 21.1 2.1% 9.4%
2022 534 16.1 37.1% 1.3% 213 19.1 4.2% 2.8%
2023 872 13.3 73.5% 0.1% 396 15.4 42.9% 0.3%
2024 313 13.6 73.5% 0.0% 136 15.3 43.4% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution