The Phillies made sure Jesús Luzardo isn’t going anywhere.
The team locked up the 28-year-old lefty on a five-year, $135 million contract extension on Monday, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed.
Luzardo was set to become a free agent at the end of the 2026 season after coming over in a deal with the Marlins before this past season.
Luzardo, whose fastball hits around 97 mph to go with a dominant slider, acquitted himself well during his first year in Philadelphia, going 15-7 with a 3.92 ERA with 216 strikeouts in 183.2 innings.
His career-high 216 Ks were second in the NL behind the Giants’ Logan Webb.
He gives the defending NL East champions a formidable top-three in the rotation, joining Zack Wheeler and Cristopher Sanchez as the team looks to win the World Series for the first time since 2008.
Wheeler, 35, is a bit of a wild card coming off thoracic outlet surgery, leaving Luzardo as important insurance, despite his own injury history with elbow and back issues early in his career.
The Phillies are Luzardo’s third stop during his career after being drafted by the Nationals in 2019, having made his big league debut with the Athletics in 2019 before three-plus seasons in Miami, where he went 21-28 with a 4.15 ERA and 1.231 WHIP over 74 starts.
