Call him fashionably late. 2023 was the Year of the Sweeper, with the pitch becoming the new fella in pitcher’s arsenals all across the nation, but Jesús Luzardo didn’t get around to adding one until just this season. If you haven’t noticed his sweeper yet, it’s easy to forgive; with Luzardo making his Phillies debut , and with a majority of his 2024 season lost to injury, everything about his pitching seems fresh. The horizontally-inclined debutanté pitch ought to get its flowers, though. It’s not the only thing that Luzardo is doing right this year.
For Luzardo, it’s Always Sweeps Week
