Jesús Luzardo, Noah Cameron Named Pitchers Of The Month For August

All-Star starting pitcher Jesús Luzardo of the Philadelphia Phillies has been voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for August, and starting pitcher Noah Cameron of the Kansas City Royals has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for August. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Luzardo earned his first career award, marking the second honor for Philadelphia this season after his All-Star rotationmate, Cristopher Sánchez, was honored in May. It is the second time in three seasons that the Phillies have won the award multiple times after Ranger Suarez and Sánchez won in March/April and June 2024, respectively. Six of the Phillies’ 16 honors since the inception of the award in 1974 have come within the last five seasons. Cameron also won the award for the first time in his career, marking the second straight season Kansas City won an award after Kris Bubic’s honor last May. Each of the Royals’ last three awards have been to left-handers, also including Cole Ragans’ honor in August 2023. In addition to Jac Caglianone’s recognition as AL Player of the Month, it marks the fourth time Kansas City has won both Player and Pitcher of the Month in a single month, joining July 1980 (Hall of Famer George Brett & Larry Gura); September 1981 (Willie Wilson & Gura); and July 1985 (Brett & Bret Saberhagen). It is the second time in 2026 that a club has earned both awards in a single month after Junior Caminero and Drew Rasmussen of the Tampa Bay Rays won the awards in June.

Jesús Luzardo, Philadelphia Phillies

• Across five starts, the 28-year-old went 3-0 with a 1.31 ERA (5 ER/34.1 IP) while allowing 21 hits with just nine walks, 46 strikeouts, a 0.87 WHIP, a .172 opponents’ batting average and 12.06 strikeouts per 9.0 innings.
• The southpaw led qualified pitchers in ERA; ranked third in strikeouts; ranked sixth in opponents’ batting average; and ranked ninth in WHIP.
• The 2026 All-Star opened the month with 8.0 scoreless innings of four-hit ball against the Nationals on August 4th, permitting two walks with seven strikeouts. He followed with 12 strikeouts on August 9th against Toronto before punching out nine in each of his final three starts of the month on August 15th at Minnesota, August 21st against St. Louis and August 26th at Seattle. His 12 strikeouts against Toronto are tied for the third-most of his career, marking his 19th career 10-strikeout start and his fifth of the season.
• The third-round selection in the 2016 Draft (by WSH) became the fourth Phillies pitcher this century with four straight starts of at least nine strikeouts, joining Zack Wheeler (2026); Hall of Famer Roy Halladay (2010) and Randy Wolf (2001). He is the first Phillies pitcher with at least seven strikeouts in five straight starts since Wheeler reached the mark in six straight starts in 2025.
• The Marjory Stoneman Douglas (FL) High School product became the 10th Phillies pitcher (21st occurrence) since 1901 with at least 45 strikeouts and fewer than 10 walks in a single month. It marked the third time it has occurred this season after Wheeler had 49 strikeouts and four walks in July, and Cristopher Sánchez racked up 45 strikeouts to go with three walks in May.
• The eight-year veteran reached the 200-strikeout mark on the year with a punchout of Cal Raleigh in the fourth inning on August 26th at Seattle. It marks the third time in his career that he reached 200 strikeouts, joining 2023 (208 SO) and 2025 (216 SO). Luzardo is the first Phillies pitcher with back-to-back seasons of at least 200 strikeouts since Wheeler in 2023 and 2024. Along with Sánchez, it is the first time the same duo of Phillies pitchers have eclipsed 200 strikeouts in consecutive seasons since Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels in 2012 and 2013. Multiple Phillies pitchers reached the 200-strikeout mark in four straight seasons from 2010-2013. With six strikeouts on Tuesday at Arizona, Luzardo now has 209 strikeouts on the year, seven shy of matching his career high set last season. Following his start on Tuesday, he is now 9-0 in 15 road starts this season with a 1.76 ERA.

Noah Cameron, Kansas City Royals (@noah_cameron05)

• Across five starts, the 27-year-old went 4-0 with a 1.87 ERA (7 ER/33.2 IP) while allowing 18 hits with just nine walks, 24 strikeouts, a 0.80 WHIP, a .155 opponents’ batting average and 6.42 strikeouts per 9.0 innings.
• The St. Joseph, Missouri native ranked second among qualified pitchers in opponents’ batting average; ranked fourth in WHIP; ranked eighth in ERA; was one of six pitchers to throw a complete game, joining Atlanta’s Chris Sale as the only pitchers to spin a shutout.
• The seventh-round pick in the 2021 Draft dealt his first career complete game and shutout on August 16th at Angel Stadium, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Vaughn Grissom ended the bid with a one-out single. He finished the night permitting just two baserunners as he fanned eight, marking Kansas City’s second shutout of the year after Stephen Kolek went the distance on May 23rd. Cameron’s shutout marked the first Royals shutout of one-or-zero hits since Zack Greinke’s one-hitter on August 30, 2009, while his eight strikeouts tied Bill Butler (8/9/1969) for the second-most in a shutout of fewer than two hits for the Royals, just one shy of matching Roger Nelson (8/23/1972) and Paul Splittorff (9/2/1977).
• The University of Central Arkansas product struck out nine across 8.0 innings of one-run ball in his first start of the month on August 5th against Minnesota, notching his first win since July 6th . Overall, he tallied four wins in August, becoming the first Royals pitcher with four wins in a single month this season. He became the first Kansas City pitcher to win at least four games with an ERA under 1.90 since Seth Lugo went 5-0 with a 1.79 ERA in May 2024. Cameron is the first Royals southpaw to accomplish the feat since Dennis Rasmussen in September 1992.
• Cameron threw at least 6.0 innings in three of his five starts and fired at least 8.0 innings twice. His three starts this season of at least 8.0 innings are tied for fourth-most in the Majors with Cristopher Sánchez, behind only Sandy Alcantara, Logan Webb and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who have each made four starts of 8.0 innings.
• The left-hander made his 26th start of the year last night, setting a new career high after his 24 starts last season. He is the first Royals pitcher to make at least 20 starts in consecutive seasons since Brad Keller in 2018-19 and the first southpaw to do so since Glendon Rusch in 1997-98. His 138 strikeouts on the campaign are also a new career high, while he is one win shy of reaching the 10-win mark for the first time.

Others receiving votes for NL Pitcher of the Month included Cade Cavalli (4-1, 1.75 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 6 GS, 36.0 IP, 22 H, 10 BB, 47 SO) of the Washington Nationals; All-Star Braxton Ashcraft (4-1, 2.13 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, 6 GS, 1 CG, 38.0 IP, 23 H, 5 BB, 29 SO) of the Pittsburgh Pirates; Luzardo’s All-Star rotationmate Cristopher Sánchez (3-0, 1.72 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 6 GS, 36.2 IP, 31 H, 11 BB, 45 SO); and All-Star Chris Sale (1-3, 2.00 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 4 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 27.0 IP, 23 H, 0 HR, 2 BB, 34 SO) of the Atlanta Braves. Others receiving votes for AL Pitcher of the Month included Cal Quantrill (2-2, 1.45 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, 6 G, 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 22 H, 4 BB, 29 SO) of the Texas Rangers; All-Star rookie Parker Messick (3-2, 2.02 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 6 GS, 35.2 IP, 27 H, 7 BB, 39 SO) of the Cleveland Guardians; All-Star Drew Rasmussen (5-0, 2.57 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 6 GS, 35.0 IP, 24 H, 8 BB, 37 SO) and Ian Seymour (2-3, 3.86 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 6 G, 5 GS, 35.0 IP, 37 H, 4 BB, 48 SO) of the Tampa Bay Rays; All-Star Dylan Cease (2-0, 2.03 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 15 H, 14 BB, 43 SO) of the Toronto Blue Jays; Reid Detmers (1-1, 1.50 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 5 GS, 30.0 IP, 23 H, 6 BB, 29 SO) of the Los Angeles Angels; All-Star Cam Schlittler (2-0, 2.33 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 5 GS, 27.0 IP, 19 H, 16 BB, 36 SO) of the New York Yankees; and Zebby Matthews (5-0, 2.90 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 29 H, 6 BB, 24 SO) of the Minnesota Twins.