
Cristopher Sánchez and Jesús Luzardo both land spots on the All-MLB Team for the Phillies
The Phillies’ two aces got their hardware Wednesday night. At the MLB Awards in Las Vegas, Cristopher Sánchez was named to the All-MLB First Team, and Jesús Luzardo made the Second Team.
That’s two Phillies lefties among the 10 best starting pitchers in baseball.
Cristopher Sánchez and Jesús Luzardo both land on the All-MLB Team
Cristopher Sánchez: First Team
Sánchez joins Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Chris Sale and Dylan Cease on the First Team. He earned it, obviously. Sánchez went 18-7 with a 2.91 ERA in 33 starts, tied for the MLB lead in wins and led all pitchers with 8.1 bWAR. He also threw 50 2/3 straight scoreless innings, the longest streak in Phillies history and the longest ever by a lefty.
Somehow that was only good enough for second in the NL Cy Young voting, for the second straight year.
Jesús Luzardo: Second Team
Luzardo made the Second Team alongside Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tarik Skubal, Sonny Gray and Drew Rasmussen. He went 14-5 with a 2.86 ERA and 6.5 bWAR, then got even better as the season went on. From May 14 on, he posted a 1.92 ERA, second among starters only to Misiorowski. He picked up some Cy Young votes, too.




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