AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
CUBS w/Lester 1104 121 272 56 5 30 428 115 108 312 0.246 0.319 0.388 0.707
CUBS w/o Lester 4419 572 1075 217 23 143 1767 548 461 1206 0.243 0.321 0.400 0.721 CUBS are 16-16 (.500) when Lester starts CUBS are 82-49 (.626) when he doesn't A difference of 0.014 in OPS does not constitute a black hole in my estimation, and the team W/L records demonstrate that the difference is not at all hard to overcome. But hey, let's don't let the facts get in the way of a good argument, eh?