On Tuesday two left-handers with a Boston connection pitched. One walked away with a win and the other – despite a nice performance – picked up a loss.
When you have a sure thing why look elsewhere? The Red Sox had exactly that with lefty Jon Lester, a rare successful pitcher from their own farm system. Lester did everything one would expect of a top of the rotation starter.
Jon Lester is unusual in the baseball of today in his physical consistently. He is on a streak of ten straight seasons of 30+ starts. In six of Lester’s full seasons in Boston the innings pitched exceeded 200+ innings.