Jon Lester's Cutter Is a Cut Above the Rest

[Aaron_Kennelly]

An ode on Jon Lester's cutter:

 

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/articles/cubs-articles/52-jon-lester-s-cutter-is-a-cut-above-the-rest

[Sammy Sofa]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

[Aaron_Kennelly]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

 

No, I thought ahead here. Since trading Schwarber from my fantasy team fixed him, and Lester is on my team, I'll just have to trade him, too.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

 

[UMFan83]

[Sammy Sofa]

Duke, seriously, just post this going forward when you do your thing:

 

[CyHawk_Cub]

Dear Duke,

 

Please feel free to write glowing articles about non-Cubs. Here is a non-exhaustive list of suggested subjects:

 

Max Scherzer

Clayton Kershaw (might as well just finish him off while he's down, amirite?)

Alex Wood

Justin Turner

Corey Seager

 

Thanks as always for all that you do for this community.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

The good news is that Justin Wilson is about to become Billy Wagner.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

 

Here is the heatmap of every cutter Lester has thrown since I wrote this article:

 

 

For reference, here is his cutter heatmap from 2016:

[Aaron_Kennelly]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

 

No, I thought ahead here. Since trading Schwarber from my fantasy team fixed him, and Lester is on my team, I'll just have to trade him, too.

 

Update: Just released him from my fantasy team 30 minutes ago. He'll be good to go for the playoffs.

[Cubswin11]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

 

No, I thought ahead here. Since trading Schwarber from my fantasy team fixed him, and Lester is on my team, I'll just have to trade him, too.

 

Update: Just released him from my fantasy team 30 minutes ago. He'll be good to go for the playoffs.

Are you picking up all Nationals, Dodgers, D'backs, and Brewers available?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

RIPD Jon Lester's season

 

No, I thought ahead here. Since trading Schwarber from my fantasy team fixed him, and Lester is on my team, I'll just have to trade him, too.

 

Update: Just released him from my fantasy team 30 minutes ago. He'll be good to go for the playoffs.

 

Update: Jon is 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA since I released him from my fantasy team.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

[Aaron_Kennelly]

hahaha... perfect