Oakland A’s Player Profile: Jesús Luzardo

Jesús Luzardo has been a long time coming in the eyes of A’s fans, who started watching the young prospect’s progress after he came to us in trade a couple years ago. Prospects don’t always pan out, but every once in a while you get a gem who takes on those expectations and obliterates them ... before his 22nd birthday.

The young ace has a multi-cultural background. He has the honor of being the first Peruvian-born player to reach the majors. His parents teased him growing up, saying if Luzardo was the first Peru-born Major Leaguer, he’d be in advertisements in his birth country.

However, Luzardo does not identify as Peruvian. In 1997, he was born in Lima, Peru, to his Venezuelan parents. A…