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Floyd opts for security; how about Danks and Quentin?
Published 3/23/2009 by Jim at Sox Machine
... . Baker's peripherals are friendlier, but I guess the Sox aren't as stingy. Danks will lay out a different case when he goes to the table with the Sox front office, and I'll lay out one possible negotiating tool below. I've also included Carlos Quentin's case, as he received a preliminary extension offer from Williams, himself. *** John Danks Best comp: Jon Lester Contract: Five years, $30 million: Lester, like Danks, is a young lefty with two years of service time. Lester has a little more success under his belt, however. Combine his 2006 and 2007 seasons (which were ...

Joba Jobs
Published 1/28/2009 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... Getting a DUI in the off season isn't a good sign! Look, as a Red Sox fan, part of me giggles at the idea of the Yankees hemming and hawing and wasting this talent because they are too chicken sh*t to make a decision. But it is beyond comical. He's a young big boy. Pick a role. My boys were on the fence with Papelbon... should he start of should he relieve? The Sox picked a role and stuck with it. And my boys dealt with injuries. Lester had f---ing CANCER. He's in the rotation now and is good. Pick a role. Mariano ...

Could Jon Lester regress?
Published 1/26/2009 by evan@mvn.com (Tim Daloisio) at Fire Brand of the American League
... Fire Brand sponsors his Baseball Reference page with this quote: "He beat cancer. He beat the Rox for the World Series. He threw a no-hitter. What's next... Hall of Fame?" ...

Walkoff Walk Presents the BONILLA Projection System: Age 25
Published 1/13/2009 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Jon Lester, SP: The Red Sox, on the other hand, skew a little older. Still, Lester might be the best young pitcher in the majors. Beat cancer. Beat Jason Bay in Red Sox shuffleboard tournament. ...

Post-2003 Yanks Starting Pitching Scorecard
Published 12/7/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
... in this department, the Yankees have gone 6 for 25 - or a percentage of 24%.  Sounds bad, right? Well, check out the Boston Red Sox, using the same filters, since 2004: From To Ages Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+ Curt Schilling 2004 2006 37-39 2 Tim Wakefield 2008 2008 41-41 1 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2008 2008 27-27 1 Jon Lester 2008 2008 24-24 1 Josh Beckett 2007 2007 27-27 ...

Quick ALCS Thoughts
Published 10/14/2008 by Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts
... inside and out. I am not sure any team could have beaten Tampa Bay yesterday with the way Garza was throwing. Yesterday was the fourteenth time I have attended a Red Sox post-season game at Fenway Park, and it was the most dead post-season crowd there I can remember. I am not sure that means anything Jacoby Papitek, also known as Captain Ortellsbury...here's how he has fared in 40 ALCS plate appearances: .000/.150/.000 It was fun to watch Jon Lester go at it with BJ Upton and Evan ...

Boston Red Sox Vs Tampa Bay Rays Game 3 ALCS Live Thread [2008 MLB Playoffs]
Published 10/13/2008 at FanIQ Blog
Jon Lester and Matt Garza will square off in Game 3 of the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The series is currently tied 1-1 after the teams split the first two games in Tampa. Lester has beaten cancer, thrown a no-hitter, and won 16 games in the regular season. He has also been utterly dominant in the playoffs so far in his young career. Matt Garza had a solid year for the Rays, going 11-9 with a 3.70 ERA, including 1-1 in 4 appearances against the Red Sox. 80% of ...

October 1, 2008 Playoff Games Open Thread
Published 10/1/2008 by houstoncardinal at Viva El Birdos
... thrown 17 innings in September. He's been much better than Zambrano, however, and the Cubs do have Lilly and (gulp!) Bipolar Betty waiting in the wings. The late game, for those who either don't have to get up early or don't care if they're fully functional at work tomorrow appears to be, on paper at least, the best opening round series. That's true as long as the BoSox rotation holds up. (I'm looking at you, Josh Beckett!) It'll be either Dice-K or youngster Jon Lester against the Angels' John Lackey. My gut tells me that it'll be Dice-K for the ...

That's a Wrap
Published 9/30/2008 by Paul SF at YFSF
... Bay has played in 49, hitting .293/.370/.527 for a 129 OPS+. Extrapolated to 162 team games, Bay would have compiled the following counting numbers: 28 HR, 113 RBI, 165 hits, 290 total bases and 70 extra-base hits. He would have finished among the league's top 10 in slugging, OPS, RBI and total bases. He would have led the league in runs scored, one more than Pedroia's 118. Not quite what Manny Ramirez was doing 3,000 miles away, but very good in his own right. Jon Lester's 143 ERA+ puts him 12th among qualifying left-handed starters during their age-24 ...

Statistical Oddities: Jon Lester
Published 9/13/2008 by onemoredyingquail@gmail.com (One More Dying Quail) at One More Dying Quail
... Lester isn't a perfect example of this idea because he is still playing and should add substantially to his current career totals. When I looked at his Baseball-Reference.com page yesterday and saw his numbers, however, it was clear that he belonged, if only for a short time. ...

Published 8/9/2008 by chris (noreply@blogger.com) at A Large Regular
... It should be noted that I've done a 180 on Jon Lester and I would seriously give him consideration as my top choice if the team I was picking for had a park that favored lefty pitchers over righties..

Stoppah!
Published 8/2/2008 by TBA (noreply@blogger.com) at Red Sox Reality Check
Let's hope so. Coming into tonight, Jon Lester has 48 career starts, with a remarkable 20-5 career record.

Game 7: Tigers (0-7) at Red Sox (4-4)
Published 4/9/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys
... Jeremy Bonderman (0-1, 5.68) vs. Jon Lester (1-1, 3.38) This is probably going to surprise you, but I wasn't much of an athlete in high school.  (I know, I know.  But really - I was more the scholarly, schlubby type.  Not a lot has changed, actually.)  However, I did play on a local recreation league basketball team.  And man, we were terrible.  Forfeits and mercy rules were relatively common outcomes.  It got to a point where we would begin a game, and my buddy and I would sit on the bench (no, I didn't start ...

Tigers projected pitching matchups for early April
Published 4/2/2008 by Eric Jackson at D-Town Baseball
... April 3rd Jeremy Bonderman KCR Zach Greinke   April 9th Jeremy Bonderman BOS Jon Lester April 4th Nate Robertson CWS Jose Contreras ...

Game 2: Banzai!!!
Published 3/26/2008 by Eric at Keep Your Sox On - Red Sox Baseball Blog About Red Sox Baseball
... the first time in Lester's career, he's not only healthy, but has the opportunity to pitch once every five days until he either self-corrects or self-destructs. Now's the time where he can work out the massive kinks in his repertoire and prove that he belongs at the major league level without any pressure except his own failure. Against his favor: we've seen Lester pitch 28 times since 2006, and in that time he hasn't proven himself to be anything more than a league-average pitcher (ERA+ score of 101, which is about as average as you can get). He averages a little over five ...

G2: Red Sox-A's at Tokyo, 6 AM
Published 3/26/2008 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
Jon Lester (2007 ERA+ 104) / Rich Harden (2007 ERA+ 171 (25.2 IP)) Red Sox Athletics Dustin Pedroia, 2B Travis Buck, RF Kevin Youkilis, 1B Mark Ellis, 2B David Ortiz, DH Daric Barton, 1B Manny Ramirez, LF Mike Sweeney, DH Mike Lowell, 3B Emil Brown, LF Brandon Moss, RF Bobby Crosby, SS Jason Varitek, C Jack Hannahan, 3B Coco Crisp, CF Kurt Suzuki, C Julio Lugo, SS Chris Denorfia, CFFrancona said Lyndon's back is okay, ...

Karma's Payment Plan
Published 2/8/2008 by Emma at Eephus Pitch
... . It's unseemly, but more to the point, it'll make the baseball gods just that much more inclined to give potential Sox starter Jon Lester a spectacular season for the ages... or to reach down and loosen one of Phil Hughes' ligaments. ...

Santanamania Sweepstakes: Yankees Red Sox Mets?
Published 12/8/2007 by Yankees Chick at Yankees Chick
... unlikely that the Yanks would agree to add other players to their side of the trade, because it was difficult enough just for HankStein to offer up those two. Status: Stalled. The Steins don't want to wait forever and the Twins brass doesn't seem keen enough on their offer to make the move. The Yanks insist they aren't completely out of the running, though. Sox: Key players on the block: Ellsbury or Lester Roadblock: The Twins want Ellsbury and Lester, not one or the other. ...

Will he stay or will he go?
Published 12/4/2007 by Chris Dall at The Bleacher Bums
... in the negotiations with the Yankee-imposed deadline of Monday night having passed. The potential deal has the Twins getting either a) pitcher Jon Lester , centerfielder Coco Crisp, minor league ...

Young hungry players led '07 Red Sox
Published 10/29/2007 by Jake Lloyd at The Power Alley -- A Blog of All Sports!
... and Jon Lester, who was the winning pitcher of the clinching game despite going through lymphoma treatment just nine months earlier — an absolutely remarkable feat. Beckett has moved himself alongside ...