Peruvian Jesús Luzardo wins his salary arbitration hearing against the Marlins

Peruvian left-hander Jesús Luzardo won his salary arbitration hearing this Friday against the Miami Marlins and will receive US$ 2.45 million in the 2023 Major League Baseball season.

Luzardo, who earned a salary of $715,000 last season, won the case that was brought before Judges John Stout, Melinda Gordon and Richard Bloch.

At the request of the 25-year-old pitcher, who for the first time will earn more than a million dollars in his time in MLB, the Marlins offered to pay him US$ 2.1 million, which determined that the parties resorted to arbitration.

Luzardo argued, among other points, that last season he tied his highest number of starts with 18, the same number he accumulated in the 2021 season when he came to the Marlins in a trade from the Oakland Athletics.

Luzardo’s work was so outstanding that in 11 of those 18 appearances he met the Major League standard of quality, completing six or more innings of three runs or fewer, finishing on the team behind only the Cy Young Award winner. , the Dominican Sandy Alcántara, and the Venezuelan Pablo López.

Luzardo also had the highest innings total of his career, going 100.1 innings and collecting 120 strikeouts, the highest number in his career.

The Peruvian left-hander went 4-7, which could have been better as shown by his 3.32 earned run percentage.

This is the second case of salary arbitration that the Marlins have lost, after the one suffered on Thursday against the Venezuelan utility Luis Arráez.

Source: EFE