Luzardo, Devers, Stott, Sasaki, Baty

Luzardo sharpens skills ... An unlucky April brought a 4.76 ERA for Jesús Luzardo (LHP, PHI). Since May, the lefty has 111 strikeouts with a 2.45 ERA in 88 IP. What's behind the strong run?

Year	IP	ERA/xERA	BB%	K%	K-BB%	Ball%	SwK	Vel	G/L/F	H%/S%	HR/F
2022	100	3.32/3.22	8%	30%	21%	36%	14.3%	96.1	39/23/35	28%/71%	11%
2023	178	3.58/3.79	7%	28%	20%	35%	14.6%	96.8	39/18/40	34%/74%	11%
2024	66	5.00/4.27	8%	21%	13%	35%	13.9%	95	36/22/39	31%/62%	11%
2025	183	3.92/3.42	7%	28%	20%	35%	14.2%	96.4	42/19/36	34%/69%	9%
2026	122	3.31/2.97	7%	29%	22%	35%	14.5%	96.6	50/18/29	33%/73%	11%

Whiffs, ground balls, and strong skills (155 BPV):

• With his sweeper-first approach (37.8% usage), the pitch is creating swings-and-misses with its 18.9% SwK.  His change-up has the highest SwK (20.9%) in his arsenal, which has...

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