{"id":2417444,"date":"2026-05-15T03:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2417444"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:27:41","slug":"kansas-city-royals-seth-lugo-reaches-career-milestone-in-11th-mlb-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kansas-city-royals-seth-lugo-reaches-career-milestone-in-11th-mlb-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Royals\u2019 Seth Lugo Reaches Career Milestone in 11th MLB Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kansas City Royals<\/a> starting pitcher Seth Lugo<\/a> was one of the better stories in baseball two seasons ago. An MLB veteran, Lugo has spent time as a starter and a reliever throughout his career. When he arrived to the Royals in 2024, he was coming off a season with the San Diego Padres<\/a> where he returned to starting for the first time in five seasons.<\/p>\n

Appearing in 26 games for the Padres in 2023, all as a starter, Lugo posted a 3.57 ERA. Prior to that season, he had not started more than seven games since 2017 with the New York Mets<\/a>. The years in between were primarily spent out of the bullpen.<\/p>\n

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While this was a bit of a career rejuvenation for Lugo, he took it to another level in his first season with the Royals. Starting 33 games for Kansas City<\/a>, Lugo posted a 3.00 ERA in 206.2 innings pitched, striking out 181 batters and posting a 1.08 WHIP. This performance not only earned him his first career All-Star selection, but he finished second in Cy Young Award voting and actually received down-ballot MVP votes that earned him a 15th-place finish in the American League.<\/p>\n

For good measure, Lugo also won the Gold Glove Award for American League pitchers in 2024.<\/p>\n

It was truly a remarkable season for the 34-year-old, but the magic did not continue in 2025. While Lugo still started 26 games last season, his ERA ballooned to 4.15, as did his WHIP to just under 1.30.<\/p>\n

It has been a mixed bag so far in 2026, as Lugo has made nine starts to the tune of a 3.76 ERA, but his WHIP is a career-worst 1.42.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, in Year 11, the veteran right-hander is making some history. On Wednesday, he became the 46th active pitcher in MLB history to reach 1,000 strikeouts, which is a very impressive milestone. This is especially the case since Lugo has only started 132 of his 369 career appearances, meaning he has faced a lot fewer batters than he would have as a starter for his entire career.<\/p>\n

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While Lugo has not found his dominant 2024 form, he remains a valuable innings eater for a volatile Royals staff. His 110 ERA+ is still better than league average, which means he is still a nice piece for Kansas City despite not being as dominant as he was a couple of seasons ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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