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2025 Fantasy Baseball Week 11 Trade Values: Assessing concerns surrounding Jesus Luzardo

For the first 11 starts of the season, Jesus Luzardo looked like a potential league-winning pick. He wasn’t just good for a late-round pick, he looked like one of the absolute best pitchers in baseball, sporting a 2.15 ERA and three different double-digit strikeout efforts, giving him 77 strikeouts, the seventh-most in the league through May 25. 

Two starts later, his ERA is up to 4.46 and he’s managed to either erase all the good he did for your season-long stats or almost singlehandedly cost you your matchup in the past two weeks. Thursday against the Blue Jays wasn’t quite as bad as his previous outing, but eight runs in 2.1 innings is hardly good, even if it’s not quite as bad as 12 runs in 3.1 innings.

But you know what’s weird about Luzardo’s performance Thursday? It doesn’t seem unfixable. 

Now, don’t get me wrong: He was awful. His command was terrible, especially with his slider and sweeper, neither of which went where he wanted them to go. He threw just nine of 24 sweepers/sliders in the strike zone and often missed big. That allowed hitters to sit on his fastballs and changeups – his weaker pitches – which mostly caught too much of the outside half of the zone to the righty-heavy Blue Jays lineup, who didn’t miss much when they swung. It got to the point where Luzardo said he’ll look into whether he was tipping his pitches after the start. 

But, as bad as Luzardo was in his past two outings, nothing looks unsalvageable. The first place we’d typically look when things go wrong for Luzardo is at the radar gun, but all looks well there – he averaged 96.5 mph with his four-seamer and 96.1 with his sinker in this one, right in line with his season-long averages. Nothing looks amiss there. 

And the movement profiles on his pitches mostly looked okay, too. His four-seamer was getting a bit more run than usual, which might explain why he was missing so much to the glove side. And his sweeper was getting a couple inches less vertical break, which is probably a sign that he just wasn’t feeling the pitch well – and if you watched the start, it’s clear he wasn’t.

But it’s also worth noting that, while he was bad Thursday, it’s not like he was getting clobbered on every pitch. Only five of the 14 batted balls against him had an expected batting average over .500, and while there were a few more in the .470-.490 xBA range, it’s not like the Blue Jays were just teeing off on him and crushing 100-mph liners all over the field. I don’t want to say it was bad luck – Luzardo’s command was bad enough to earn these results, especially on that sweeper, which has been his best pitch this season. But I don’t think it was quite the disaster it looked to be from the line, and I do wonder if Luzardo might have been tipping his pitches, which could be something relatively easy to fix. 

So, where does that leave Luzardo moving forward? Honestly, I think I’m probably viewing him as a buy-low candidate at this point. I moved him down in my rankings this week – how could I not after 20 runs in two starts? – but I didn’t bury him. He’s still a top-100 player for me and a top-40 SP, and while I understand you might have trouble believing that after how bad the last two starts have been, I’m standing by it. His FIP for the season is still a very strong 2.90, while his xERA is worse but still in the 3.50 range. 

Which is to say, I think it would certainly be a mistake to drop Luzardo. And if you don’t have him on your team, I think right now is the perfect time to try to trade for him. See if you can offer someone like Kodai Senga or Tyler Mahle for him straight up; their pretty ERAs hide much worse underlying metrics in both cases. 

Okay, sure, maybe you sit him the next time out, just to make sure he doesn’t let this totally derail him – the fact that his next matchup is against the Cubs makes it easier to make the call to sit him, too. But Luzardo gets the Marlins the next time out after that, and I definitely want him around for that one.

Obviously, given Luzardo’s injury history, there’s a chance he’s working through something, which would change my view entirely. But as long as Luzardo is healthy and throwing in the high-90s consistently, I’m going to bet on him getting back on track. That suddenly looks like a much bolder call than it did just a week or so ago. 

H2H Trade Values Chart

Ranking Player Value Eligible
1 Aaron Judge 48 DH-OF
2 Shohei Ohtani 46 DH-SP
3 Bobby Witt 43 SS
4 Jose Ramirez 41 3B-DH
5 Juan Soto 41 OF
6 Corbin Carroll 40 OF
7 Francisco Lindor 37 SS
8 Fernando Tatis 37 OF
9 Kyle Tucker 37 DH-OF
10 Julio Rodriguez 35 OF
11 Tarik Skubal 32 SP
12 Mookie Betts 30 OF-SS
13 Elly De La Cruz 30 SS
14 Ketel Marte 29 2B-DH
15 Rafael Devers 28 3B-DH
16 Bryce Harper 26 1B
17 Freddie Freeman 26 1B
18 Zack Wheeler 25 SP
19 Gunnar Henderson 25 DH-SS
20 Manny Machado 25 3B-DH
21 Vladimir Guerrero 25 1B-DH
22 Ronald Acuna 25 OF
23 Paul Skenes 24 SP
24 Jarren Duran 24 OF
25 Austin Riley 23 3B
26 James Wood 23 DH-OF
27 Garrett Crochet 23 SP
28 Jackson Merrill 23 OF
29 Chris Sale 22 SP
30 Wyatt Langford 21 DH-OF
31 Pete Alonso 21 1B
32 Jackson Chourio 21 OF
33 Kyle Schwarber 21 DH
34 Brent Rooker 21 DH-OF
35 Trea Turner 21 SS
36 Marcell Ozuna 21 DH
37 Matt Olson 20 1B
38 Dylan Cease 20 SP
39 Jacob deGrom 20 SP
40 Max Fried 20 SP
41 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 20 SP
42 Jazz Chisholm 20 2B-3B-OF
43 Logan Webb 20 SP
44 Cole Ragans 19 SP
45 Yordan Alvarez 19 DH-OF
46 Hunter Brown 19 SP
47 Spencer Schwellenbach 18 SP
48 Framber Valdez 18 SP
49 Seiya Suzuki 17 DH-OF
50 Joe Ryan 17 SP
51 Freddy Peralta 17 SP
52 Carlos Rodon 17 SP
53 Teoscar Hernandez 17 OF
54 Kris Bubic 16 RP-SP
55 Ozzie Albies 16 2B
56 Spencer Strider 16 SP
57 Bryan Woo 16 SP
58 Josh Hader 16 RP
59 George Kirby 16 SP
60 Riley Greene 16 DH-OF
61 Mason Miller 16 RP
62 William Contreras 16 C-DH
63 Michael King 16 SP
64 Edwin Diaz 16 RP
65 Emmanuel Clase 16 RP
66 Luis Castillo 16 SP
67 Oneil Cruz 16 OF-SS
68 Corey Seager 16 SS
69 Hunter Greene 15 SP
70 Cal Raleigh 15 C-DH
71 Michael Harris 15 OF
72 Bailey Ober 15 SP
73 Sonny Gray 15 SP
74 Pete Crow-Armstrong 15 OF
75 Lawrence Butler 15 OF
76 Seth Lugo 15 SP
77 Isaac Paredes 15 3B
78 Robbie Ray 15 SP
79 George Springer 15 DH-OF
80 Jesus Luzardo 15 SP
81 Randy Arozarena 15 OF
82 Shota Imanaga 15 SP
83 Andres Munoz 15 RP
84 Christian Yelich 15 DH-OF
85 Cristopher Sanchez 15 SP
86 Steven Kwan 15 OF
87 Logan Gilbert 15 SP
88 Bryan Reynolds 15 DH-OF
89 Zac Gallen 15 SP
90 Brandon Nimmo 15 OF
91 Nick Pivetta 15 SP
92 MacKenzie Gore 15 SP
93 Junior Caminero 15 3B
94 Tyler Glasnow 15 SP
95 Jack Flaherty 15 SP
96 Josh Naylor 15 1B-DH
97 Cody Bellinger 15 1B-DH-OF
98 Ian Happ 15 OF
99 Will Smith 15 C
100 Blake Snell 15 SP
101 Vinnie Pasquantino 15 1B-DH
102 Paul Goldschmidt 15 1B
103 C.J. Abrams 15 SS
104 Spencer Torkelson 15 1B-DH
105 Aaron Nola 15 SP
106 Mike Trout 15 DH-OF
107 Willson Contreras 17 1B-C-DH
108 Adley Rutschman 15 C-DH
109 Willy Adames 15 SS
110 Jose Altuve 15 2B-DH-OF
111 Tommy Edman 15 2B-OF
112 Eugenio Suarez 15 3B
113 Robert Suarez 15 RP
114 Raisel Iglesias 15 RP
115 Nathan Eovaldi 15 SP
116 Rhys Hoskins 15 1B-DH
117 Jung Hoo Lee 15 OF
118 Christian Walker 15 1B
119 Kevin Gausman 15 SP
120 Gavin Williams 15 SP
121 Justin Martinez 14 RP
122 Nick Lodolo 14 SP
123 Salvador Perez 14 1B-C-DH
124 Matthew Liberatore 14 RP-SP
125 Jacob Wilson 14 SS
126 Clay Holmes 14 RP-SP
127 Bo Bichette 14 SS
128 Nico Hoerner 14 2B
129 Zach Eflin 14 SP
130 Brice Turang 14 2B
131 Trevor Megill 14 RP
132 Anthony Santander 14 DH-OF
133 Jhoan Duran 13 RP
134 Matt Chapman 13 3B
135 Nick Castellanos 12 OF
136 Ryan Helsley 12 RP
137 Zachary Neto 11 SS
138 Tanner Bibee 11 SP
139 Felix Bautista 10 RP
140 Yainer Diaz 9 C-DH
141 Jeremy Pena 9 SS
142 Shea Langeliers 8 C
143 Jordan Westburg 8 2B-3B-DH
144 Kodai Senga 8 SP
145 Luis Arraez 8 1B-2B-DH
146 Xavier Edwards 8 SS
147 Bryce Miller 8 SP
148 Jack Leiter 8 SP
149 Kristian Campbell 8 2B-OF
150 Tyler Soderstrom 8 1B-OF
151 Royce Lewis 8 3B-DH
152 Max Muncy 8 3B
153 Brendan Donovan 7 2B-OF-SS
154 Maikel Garcia 7 2B-3B-OF
155 Kerry Carpenter 7 DH-OF
156 Eury Perez 7 SP
157 Corbin Burnes 7 SP
158 Alex Bregman 6 3B
159 Ryan Weathers 6 SP
160 J.T. Realmuto 6 C
161 Dansby Swanson 6 SS
162 Anthony Volpe 6 SS
163 Brandon Lowe 5 2B-DH
164 Matt McLain 5 2B-SS
165 Jackson Holliday 5 2B-SS
166 Andrew Abbott 5 SP
167 Bryson Stott 5 2B
168 Shane Baz 5 SP
169 Logan O’Hoppe 5 C-DH
170 Matthew Boyd 5 SP
171 Gavin Sheets 5 1B-DH-OF
172 Dylan Crews 5 OF
173 Masyn Winn 5 SS
174 Adolis Garcia 5 DH-OF
175 Ranger Suarez 5 SP
176 Xander Bogaerts 5 2B-SS
177 Devin Williams 5 RP
178 Jasson Dominguez 5 DH-OF
179 Grayson Rodriguez 5 SP
180 Luis Robert 5 OF
181 Kyle Manzardo 5 1B-DH
182 Lourdes Gurriel 5 OF
183 Ivan Herrera 4 C-DH
184 Alec Bohm 4 1B-3B
185 Geraldo Perdomo 4 SS
186 Drew Rasmussen 4 RP-SP
187 Marcelo Mayer 4 3B-SS
188 Taj Bradley 4 SP
189 Agustin Ramirez 4 C-DH
190 Jordan Romano 4 RP
191 Camilo Doval 4 RP
192 Miguel Vargas 3 1B-3B-OF
193 Mark Vientos 3 3B-DH
194 Grant Holmes 3 RP-SP
195 Pete Fairbanks 3 RP
196 Addison Barger 3 3B-OF
197 Kenley Jansen 3 RP
198 Mitch Keller 3 SP
199 Logan Henderson 3 SP
200 Colton Cowser 3 OF
201 Cedric Mullins 3 OF
202 Byron Buxton 3 OF
203 Josh Jung 3 3B
204 Michael Busch 3 1B
205 Carlos Correa 3 SS
206 Jake Burger 3 1B-3B-DH
207 Tanner Scott 3 RP
208 Hayden Birdsong 3 RP-SP
209 Gleyber Torres 3 2B-DH
210 Brenton Doyle 3 OF
211 Chris Bassitt 3 SP
212 Ryan Pepiot 3 SP
213 Heliot Ramos 3 OF
214 Austin Hays 3 DH-OF
215 Ben Rice 3 1B-DH
216 Jorge Polanco 3 2B-3B-DH
217 Luis Garcia 3 2B
218 Nick Martinez 3 RP-SP
219 Nolan Schanuel 3 1B
220 Edward Cabrera 3 SP

Roto Trade Values Chart

Ranking Player Value Eligible
1 Aaron Judge 49 DH-OF
2 Shohei Ohtani 48 DH-SP
3 Bobby Witt 45 SS
4 Jose Ramirez 40 3B-DH
5 Corbin Carroll 38 OF
6 Fernando Tatis 37 OF
7 Kyle Tucker 34 DH-OF
8 Julio Rodriguez 34 OF
9 Juan Soto 33 OF
10 Elly De La Cruz 33 SS
11 Francisco Lindor 33 SS
12 Ronald Acuna 33 OF
13 Rafael Devers 30 3B-DH
14 Tarik Skubal 30 SP
15 Freddie Freeman 29 1B
16 Mookie Betts 29 OF-SS
17 Bryce Harper 28 1B
18 Gunnar Henderson 27 DH-SS
19 Zack Wheeler 27 SP
20 Manny Machado 26 3B-DH
21 Ketel Marte 26 2B-DH
22 James Wood 26 DH-OF
23 Vladimir Guerrero 26 1B-DH
24 Jarren Duran 25 OF
25 Jackson Merrill 25 OF
26 Paul Skenes 24 SP
27 Austin Riley 23 3B
28 Jackson Chourio 23 OF
29 C.J. Abrams 23 SS
30 Kyle Schwarber 23 DH
31 Trea Turner 23 SS
32 Pete Alonso 23 1B
33 Oneil Cruz 23 OF-SS
34 Brent Rooker 21 DH-OF
35 Marcell Ozuna 21 DH
36 Chris Sale 21 SP
37 Garrett Crochet 19 SP
38 Cole Ragans 19 SP
39 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 18 SP
40 Wyatt Langford 18 DH-OF
41 Jazz Chisholm 18 2B-3B-OF
42 Framber Valdez 18 SP
43 Yordan Alvarez 21 DH-OF
44 Matt Olson 18 1B
45 Josh Hader 17 RP
46 Jacob deGrom 15 SP
47 Mason Miller 15 RP
48 Emmanuel Clase 15 RP
49 Logan Webb 15 SP
50 Pete Crow-Armstrong 15 OF
51 Andres Munoz 15 RP
52 Max Fried 15 SP
53 Edwin Diaz 15 RP
54 Hunter Brown 15 SP
55 Spencer Schwellenbach 15 SP
56 Dylan Cease 15 SP
57 Seiya Suzuki 15 DH-OF
58 Freddy Peralta 15 SP
59 Joe Ryan 15 SP
60 Robert Suarez 15 RP
61 Michael Harris 15 OF
62 Bryan Woo 15 SP
63 Jhoan Duran 15 RP
64 Riley Greene 15 DH-OF
65 Junior Caminero 15 3B
66 Teoscar Hernandez 15 OF
67 Michael King 15 SP
68 George Kirby 15 SP
69 William Contreras 15 C-DH
70 Lawrence Butler 15 OF
71 Cal Raleigh 15 C-DH
72 Robbie Ray 15 SP
73 Corey Seager 15 SS
74 MacKenzie Gore 15 SP
75 Ozzie Albies 15 2B
76 Raisel Iglesias 15 RP
77 Carlos Rodon 15 SP
78 Spencer Strider 15 SP
79 Kris Bubic 15 RP-SP
80 Cristopher Sanchez 15 SP
81 Randy Arozarena 15 OF
82 Ryan Helsley 15 RP
83 Sonny Gray 15 SP
84 Jose Altuve 15 2B-DH-OF
85 Hunter Greene 15 SP
86 Bailey Ober 15 SP
87 Bryan Reynolds 15 DH-OF
88 Ian Happ 15 OF
89 Jack Flaherty 15 SP
90 Nick Pivetta 15 SP
91 Logan Gilbert 15 SP
92 Christian Yelich 15 DH-OF
93 Jesus Luzardo 15 SP
94 Josh Naylor 15 1B-DH
95 Mike Trout 15 DH-OF
96 Isaac Paredes 15 3B
97 Luis Robert 15 OF
98 Shota Imanaga 15 SP
99 Tyler Glasnow 15 SP
100 Will Smith 15 C
101 Seth Lugo 15 SP
102 Brice Turang 15 2B
103 Tommy Edman 15 2B-OF
104 Steven Kwan 15 OF
105 Zac Gallen 15 SP
106 Luis Castillo 15 SP
107 George Springer 15 DH-OF
108 Adley Rutschman 15 C-DH
109 Willson Contreras 15 1B-C-DH
110 Ivan Herrera 15 C-DH
111 Yainer Diaz 15 C-DH
112 Camilo Doval 15 RP
113 Cody Bellinger 15 1B-DH-OF
114 Salvador Perez 15 1B-C-DH
115 Felix Bautista 15 RP
116 Eugenio Suarez 15 3B
117 Kenley Jansen 15 RP
118 Trevor Megill 15 RP
119 Jordan Westburg 14 2B-3B-DH
120 Anthony Santander 14 DH-OF
121 Shea Langeliers 14 C
122 Kevin Gausman 14 SP
123 Pete Fairbanks 14 RP
124 Logan O’Hoppe 14 C-DH
125 Zachary Neto 14 SS
126 Bo Bichette 14 SS
127 Nico Hoerner 14 2B
128 Nathan Eovaldi 14 SP
129 Blake Snell 14 SP
130 Aaron Nola 13 SP
131 Christian Walker 13 1B
132 Tanner Bibee 12 SP
133 Spencer Torkelson 11 1B-DH
134 Xavier Edwards 11 SS
135 Agustin Ramirez 10 C-DH
136 Paul Goldschmidt 10 1B
137 Kerry Carpenter 9 DH-OF
138 Willy Adames 9 SS
139 Rhys Hoskins 9 1B-DH
140 Vinnie Pasquantino 8 1B-DH
141 Matt Chapman 8 3B
142 Jacob Wilson 7 SS
143 Nick Castellanos 7 OF
144 Brendan Donovan 7 2B-OF-SS
145 Jung Hoo Lee 7 OF
146 Dansby Swanson 7 SS
147 Jasson Dominguez 7 DH-OF
148 Brandon Nimmo 7 OF
149 Ryan Weathers 7 SP
150 Bryce Miller 7 SP
151 Brenton Doyle 7 OF
152 Gavin Williams 7 SP
153 Maikel Garcia 7 2B-3B-OF
154 Tyler Soderstrom 7 1B-OF
155 Alex Bregman 7 3B
156 Shane Baz 7 SP
157 Hunter Goodman 7 C-DH-OF
158 Tanner Scott 7 RP
159 Jackson Holliday 7 2B-SS
160 Kodai Senga 7 SP
161 Bryson Stott 7 2B
162 Nick Lodolo 7 SP
163 Andrew Abbott 7 SP
164 J.T. Realmuto 7 C
165 Chris Bassitt 6 SP
166 Justin Martinez 6 RP
167 Kyle Finnegan 6 RP
168 Jeff Hoffman 6 RP
169 Luis Arraez 6 1B-2B-DH
170 Jeremy Pena 6 SS
171 Royce Lewis 6 3B-DH
172 Corbin Burnes 7 SP
173 Ranger Suarez 6 SP
174 Wilyer Abreu 5 OF
175 Anthony Volpe 5 SS
176 Heliot Ramos 5 OF
177 Matt McLain 5 2B-SS
178 Byron Buxton 5 OF
179 Victor Scott II 5 OF
180 Geraldo Perdomo 5 SS
181 Masyn Winn 5 SS
182 Kristian Campbell 5 2B-OF
183 Lars Nootbaar 5 OF
184 Jac Caglianone 5 1B
185 Dylan Crews 5 OF
186 Clay Holmes 5 RP-SP
187 Alec Bohm 5 1B-3B
188 Max Muncy 5 3B
189 Devin Williams 5 RP
190 Jordan Beck 5 OF
191 Taylor Ward 4 OF
192 Gleyber Torres 4 2B-DH
193 Aroldis Chapman 4 RP
194 Adolis Garcia 4 DH-OF
195 Casey Mize 4 SP
196 Zach Eflin 4 SP
197 Drew Rasmussen 4 RP-SP
198 Eury Perez 4 SP
199 Austin Hays 4 DH-OF
200 Cedric Mullins 4 OF
201 Brandon Lowe 4 2B-DH
202 Mark Vientos 4 3B-DH
203 Marcus Semien 4 2B
204 Yandy Diaz 4 1B-DH
205 Carlos Estevez 4 RP
206 Luis Garcia 4 2B
207 Carlos Correa 3 SS
208 Josh Jung 3 3B
209 Ezequiel Tovar 3 SS
210 Austin Wells 3 C
211 David Bednar 3 RP
212 Xander Bogaerts 3 2B-SS
213 Joshua Lowe 3 OF
214 Parker Meadows 3 OF
215 Dustin May 3 SP
216 Colton Cowser 3 OF
217 Kyle Stowers 3 OF
218 Tyler O’Neill 3 OF
219 Jorge Polanco 3 2B-3B-DH
220 Taj Bradley 3 SP
221 Matthew Liberatore 3 RP-SP
222 Matthew Boyd 3 SP
223 Marcelo Mayer 3 3B-SS
224 Jonathan Aranda 3 1B
225 Jake Burger 3 1B-3B-DH
226 Addison Barger 3 3B-OF
227 Logan Henderson 3 SP
228 Matt Shaw 3 3B
229 Mitch Keller 3 SP
230 Jorge Soler 2 DH-OF
231 Will Warren 2 SP
232 Miguel Vargas 2 1B-3B-OF
233 Pablo Lopez 2 SP
234 Ben Rice 2 1B-DH
235 Michael Busch 2 1B
236 TJ Friedl 2 OF
237 Ryan Pepiot 2 SP
238 Edward Cabrera 2 SP
239 Grant Holmes 2 RP-SP
240 Jeffrey Springs 2 SP
241 Landen Roupp 2 RP-SP
242 Andres Gimenez 2 2B
243 Jose Caballero 2 2B-3B-OF-SS
244 Noelvi Marte 2 3B
245 Max Meyer 2 SP
246 Emilio Pagan 2 RP
247 Kyle Manzardo 2 1B-DH
248 Yusei Kikuchi 2 SP
249 Sandy Alcantara 2 SP




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