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

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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