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Jon Lester

Birthdate: 1/7/1984 Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6-4/240 Position: P
Contract: $30M / 5 Years (2009 - 2013) + 1 Option Years

5/25/2013: Lester gave up four runs over seven innings and took a no-decision in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Indians.

3/13/2013 - Red Sox Rotation Depth Chart Discussions by Michael Barr (RotoGraphs)

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3/8/2013 - Vetoed Trades, Part Five by Paul Swydan (FanGraphs)

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1/14/2013 - RotoGraphs Mock Draft Rds 11-15 – AL SP Results by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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11/23/2012 - Bill James Projections Fun: Pitcher Surprises Edit» by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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9/6/2012 - 3 Recent AL SP Decliners by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2006	Red Sox (AAA)	3	4	0	11	11	46.2	8.29	4.82	0.96	.284	83.6 %			2.70	4.36
2006	Red Sox	7	2	0	15	15	81.1	6.64	4.76	0.77	.333	74.3 %	40.6 %	7.3 %	4.76	4.56	5.10	1.3
2007	Red Sox (A)	0	0	0	3	3	13.0	10.38	1.38	1.38	.281	98.0 %			2.08	3.35
2007	Red Sox (AA)	1	0	0	1	1	6.0	6.00	6.00	0.00	.263	88.9 %			1.50	3.87
2007	Red Sox (AAA)	4	5	0	14	14	71.2	6.40	3.89	0.50	.290	72.3 %			3.89	3.93
2007	Red Sox	4	0	0	12	11	63.0	7.14	4.43	1.43	.279	76.0 %	34.4 %	11.1 %	4.57	5.24	4.97	0.5
2007	Red Sox	1	0	0	3	1	9.1	7.71	3.86	0.96	.200	93.0 %	32.0 %	8.3 %	1.93	4.20	4.42
2008	Red Sox	16	6	0	33	33	210.1	6.50	2.82	0.60	.297	77.4 %	47.5 %	7.0 %	3.21	3.64	4.03	5.0
2008	Red Sox	1	2	0	4	4	26.2	8.77	1.69	1.01	.280	80.7 %	51.9 %	13.0 %	2.36	3.21	2.88
2009	Red Sox	15	8	0	32	32	203.1	9.96	2.83	0.89	.313	76.9 %	47.7 %	10.6 %	3.41	3.15	3.09	6.2
2009	Red Sox	0	1	0	1	1	6.0	7.50	6.00	1.50	.167	75.8 %	64.7 %	20.0 %	4.50	5.60	4.52
2010	Red Sox	19	9	0	32	32	208.0	9.74	3.59	0.61	.289	74.5 %	53.6 %	8.9 %	3.25	3.13	3.18	5.4
2011	Red Sox	15	9	0	31	31	191.2	8.55	3.52	0.94	.286	78.1 %	50.5 %	11.4 %	3.47	3.83	3.62	3.6
2012	Red Sox	9	14	0	33	33	205.1	7.28	2.98	1.10	.312	67.6 %	49.2 %	13.9 %	4.82	4.11	3.82	3.3
2013	Steamer	14	9	0	31	31	193.0	7.69	3.25	0.71	.306	70.7 %			3.78	3.61		4.1
2013	Bill James	12	12	0	33	33	211.0	8.19	3.20	0.85	.306				3.71	3.62
2013	Oliver	14	9				206.0	7.94	3.14	0.70	.305	74.3 %			3.36	3.44
2013	Fans (26)	14	10	0	33	33	209.0	8.27	3.10	0.95	.301	74.6 %			3.71	3.77		3.4
2013	ZiPS	14	9		30	30	188.3	8.27	3.30	0.96	.308	72.3 %			3.97	3.85		3.4
2013	Red Sox	6	1	0	10	10	65.2	7.13	2.47	0.69	.249	72.7 %	50.5 %	8.8 %	3.15	3.42	3.67	1.5
2013	ZiPS (R)	9	7		21	21	133.0	8.15	3.17	0.91	.312	71.4 %			3.97	3.73		2.4
2013	ZiPS (U)	15	8		31	31	199.0	7.81	2.94	0.84	.295	71.4 %			3.70	3.63		3.9
2013	Steamer (R)	10	7	0	23	23	135.0	7.64	3.14	0.71	.298	70.4 %			3.81	3.54		2.8
2013	Steamer (U)	16	8	0	33	33	200.0	7.48	2.92	0.70	.282	70.7 %			3.59	3.50		4.3
Total	- - -	91	49	0	198	197	1228.2	8.15	3.28	0.84	.298	74.7 %	48.1 %	10.0 %	3.73	3.71	3.73	26.7
Postseason	- - -	2	3	0	8	6	42.0	8.36	2.79	1.07	.246	82.5 %	49.6 %	12.5 %	2.57	3.77	3.46

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Standard

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2006	Red Sox (AAA)	3	4	2.70	11	11	0	0	0			46.2	207	43	17	14	5	25	0	0	0	0	43
2006	Red Sox	7	2	4.76	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	81.1	367	91	43	43	7	43	1	5	5	0	60
2007	Red Sox (A)	0	0	2.08	3	3	0	0	0			13.0	51	11	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	15
2007	Red Sox (AA)	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	0			6.0	27	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
2007	Red Sox (AAA)	4	5	3.89	14	14	2	0	0			71.2	306	67	32	31	4	31	0	3	4	0	51
2007	Red Sox	4	0	4.57	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	63.0	275	61	33	32	10	31	0	1	1	0	50
2007	Red Sox	1	0	1.93	3	1	0	0	0		0	9.1	38	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	8
2008	Red Sox	16	6	3.21	33	33	2	2	0	0	0	210.1	874	202	78	75	14	66	1	10	3	1	152
2008	Red Sox	1	2	2.36	4	4	0	0	0		0	26.2	109	24	9	7	3	5	0	0	0	0	26
2009	Red Sox	15	8	3.41	32	32	2	0	0	0	0	203.1	843	186	80	77	20	64	0	3	6	0	225
2009	Red Sox	0	1	4.50	1	1	0	0	0		0	6.0	28	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	5
2010	Red Sox	19	9	3.25	32	32	2	0	0	0	0	208.0	861	167	81	75	14	83	0	10	6	0	225
2011	Red Sox	15	9	3.47	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	191.2	799	166	77	74	20	75	0	11	4	0	182
2012	Red Sox	9	14	4.82	33	33	3	0	0	0	0	205.1	876	216	117	110	25	68	2	4	6	0	166
2013	Steamer	14	9	3.78	31	31			0			193.0	822	183	89	81	15	70		7			165
2013	Bill James	12	12	3.71	33	33			0			211.0		198			20	75		8			192
2013	Oliver	14	9	3.36						0		206.0	848	190	84	77	16	72	1	8			182
2013	Fans (26)	14	10	3.71	33	33			0			209.0		193	92	86	22	72		7			192
2013	ZiPS	14	9	3.97	30	30						188.3		179	89	83	20	69	1	7	5	0	173
2013	Red Sox	6	1	3.15	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	65.2	267	52	25	23	5	18	0	3	4	0	52
2013	ZiPS (R)	9	7	3.97	21	21						133.0		129	64	59	14	47		5			121
2013	ZiPS (U)	15	8	3.70	31	31						199.0		181	89	82	19	65		8			173
2013	Steamer (R)	10	7	3.81	23	23			0			135.0	573	128	62	57	11	47		5			114
2013	Steamer (U)	16	8	3.59	33	33			0			200.0	840	180	87	80	16	65		8			166
Total	- - -	91	49	3.73	198	197	10	3	0	0	0	1228.2	5162	1141	534	509	115	448	4	47	35	1	1112
Postseason	- - -	2	3	2.57	8	6	0	0	0		0	42.0	175	34	14	12	5	13	0	0	0	0	39

Advanced

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2006	Red Sox (AAA)	8.29	4.82	1.72	0.96	20.8 %	12.1 %	.236	1.46	.284	83.6 %			4.36
2006	Red Sox	6.64	4.76	1.40	0.77	16.4 %	11.7 %	.285	1.65	.333	74.3 %	101	97	4.56
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	16.8 %	8.4 %	.265	1.41	.298	70.9 %			4.58
2007	Red Sox (A)	10.38	1.38	7.50	1.38	29.4 %	3.9 %	.225	1.00	.281	98.0 %			3.35
2007	Red Sox (AA)	6.00	6.00	1.00	0.00	14.8 %	14.8 %	.217	1.50	.263	88.9 %			3.87
2007	Red Sox (AAA)	6.40	3.89	1.65	0.50	16.7 %	10.1 %	.246	1.37	.290	72.3 %			3.93
2007	Red Sox	7.14	4.43	1.61	1.43	18.2 %	11.3 %	.251	1.46	.279	76.0 %	98	114	5.24
2007	Red Sox	7.71	3.86	2.00	0.96	21.1 %	10.5 %	.176	1.07	.200	93.0 %	41	92	4.20
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	17.1 %	8.5 %	.263	1.41	.299	70.7 %			4.43
2008	Red Sox	6.50	2.82	2.30	0.60	17.4 %	7.6 %	.253	1.27	.297	77.4 %	71	81	3.64
2008	Red Sox	8.77	1.69	5.20	1.01	23.9 %	4.6 %	.231	1.09	.280	80.7 %	52	72	3.21
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2009	Red Sox	9.96	2.83	3.52	0.89	26.7 %	7.6 %	.240	1.23	.313	76.9 %	73	68	3.15
2009	Red Sox	7.50	6.00	1.25	1.50	17.9 %	14.3 %	.167	1.33	.167	75.8 %	96	121	5.60
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2010	Red Sox	9.74	3.59	2.71	0.61	26.1 %	9.6 %	.217	1.20	.289	74.5 %	75	71	3.13
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Red Sox	8.55	3.52	2.43	0.94	22.8 %	9.4 %	.233	1.26	.286	78.1 %	81	90	3.83
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Red Sox	7.28	2.98	2.44	1.10	19.0 %	7.8 %	.269	1.38	.312	67.6 %	112	95	4.11
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	7.69	3.25	2.37	0.71			.251	1.31	.306	70.7 %			3.61
2013	Bill James	8.19	3.20	2.56	0.85			.250	1.29	.306				3.62
2013	Oliver	7.94	3.14	2.53	0.70	21.5 %	8.5 %	.247	1.27	.305	74.3 %			3.44
2013	Fans (26)	8.27	3.10	2.67	0.95			.247	1.27	.301	74.6 %			3.77
2013	ZiPS	8.27	3.30	2.51	0.96			.252	1.32	.308	72.3 %			3.85
2013	Red Sox	7.13	2.47	2.89	0.69	19.5 %	6.7 %	.211	1.07	.249	72.7 %	71	79	3.42
2013	Average	7.61	3.10	2.45	1.03	19.9 %	8.1 %	.249	1.30	.291	73.0 %			4.14
2013	ZiPS (R)	8.15	3.17	2.57	0.91			.256	1.32	.312	71.4 %			3.73
2013	ZiPS (U)	7.81	2.94	2.66	0.84			.244	1.24	.295	71.4 %			3.63
2013	Steamer (R)	7.64	3.14	2.44	0.71			.253	1.30	.298	70.4 %			3.54
2013	Steamer (U)	7.48	2.92	2.56	0.70			.242	1.22	.282	70.7 %			3.50
Total	- - -	8.15	3.28	2.48	0.84	21.5 %	8.7 %	.244	1.29	.298	74.7 %	84	84	3.71
Postseason	- - -	8.36	2.79	3.00	1.07	22.3 %	7.4 %	.210	1.12	.246	82.5 %	56	83	3.77

Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2006	Red Sox	1.08	21.9 %	40.6 %	37.5 %	13.5 %	7.3 %	2.9 %	0.0 %	5.12	5.16	113	5.10
2007	Red Sox	0.73	18.8 %	34.4 %	46.9 %	10.0 %	11.1 %	4.5 %	0.0 %	5.28	4.92	112	4.97
2007	Red Sox	0.67	20.0 %	32.0 %	48.0 %	16.7 %	8.3 %	12.5 %	100.0 %	4.33	4.13	100	4.42
2008	Red Sox	1.49	20.7 %	47.5 %	31.8 %	12.9 %	7.0 %	6.3 %	28.6 %	4.16	4.16	93	4.03
2008	Red Sox	1.74	18.2 %	51.9 %	29.9 %	17.4 %	13.0 %	5.0 %	100.0 %	3.36	2.62	67	2.88
2009	Red Sox	1.38	17.8 %	47.7 %	34.5 %	10.1 %	10.6 %	6.2 %	50.0 %	3.36	3.15	70	3.09
2009	Red Sox	2.20	5.9 %	64.7 %	29.4 %	20.0 %	20.0 %	9.1 %	0.0 %	4.59	4.42	102	4.52
2010	Red Sox	1.81	16.9 %	53.6 %	29.6 %	8.2 %	8.9 %	7.7 %	33.3 %	3.35	3.25	76	3.18
2011	Red Sox	1.50	15.9 %	50.5 %	33.6 %	14.3 %	11.4 %	5.7 %	20.0 %	3.94	3.59	90	3.62
2012	Red Sox	1.71	22.0 %	49.2 %	28.8 %	14.4 %	13.9 %	7.5 %	28.6 %	4.91	3.94	92	3.82
2013	Red Sox	1.70	19.8 %	50.5 %	29.7 %	5.3 %	8.8 %	4.1 %	50.0 %	4.04	3.74	89	3.67
Total	- - -	1.47	19.1 %	48.1 %	32.8 %	11.7 %	10.0 %	6.2 %	28.8 %	4.09	3.80	88	3.73
Postseason	- - -	1.48	16.8 %	49.6 %	33.6 %	17.5 %	12.5 %	6.8 %	50.0 %	3.75	3.24	79	3.46

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2006	Red Sox	104	96	56	13	3	3	0	69	614	893	1507
2007	Red Sox	66	90	36	9	3	1	0	43	425	658	1083
2007	Red Sox	8	12	5	2	1	1	1	2	52	100	152
2008	Red Sox	300	201	131	26	19	14	4	139	1199	2110	3309
2008	Red Sox	40	23	14	4	2	1	1	5	147	282	429
2009	Red Sox	260	188	97	19	16	6	3	102	1267	2137	3404
2009	Red Sox	11	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	39	61	100
2010	Red Sox	286	158	90	13	22	9	3	132	1289	2068	3357
2011	Red Sox	263	175	83	25	15	10	2	146	1218	1974	3192
2012	Red Sox	307	180	137	26	23	14	4	106	1294	2130	3424
2013	Red Sox	97	57	38	3	4	2	1	58	385	690	1075
Total	- - -	1683	1145	668	134	105	59	17	795	7691	12660	20351
Postseason	- - -	59	40	20	7	4	4	2	7	238	443	681

Win Probability

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD
2006	Red Sox	0.24	-7.40	7.64	3.26	0.28	1.18	0.99	0.88	1.38	15	-0.01	0.21	0
2007	Red Sox	0.12	-5.00	5.11	1.42	0.14	1.02	0.98	0.84	1.32	12	0.12	-0.01	1
2007	Red Sox	0.36	-0.25	0.60	2.01	0.18	0.71	0.76	0.49	1.26	1	0.29	0.21	0
2008	Red Sox	3.04	-12.29	15.34	33.75	3.07	0.91	0.86	0.88	1.02	31	2.40	0.94	0
2008	Red Sox	0.49	-1.40	1.89	5.08	0.50	0.96	0.96	0.88	1.10	4	0.56	-0.05	0
2009	Red Sox	2.50	-13.34	15.83	34.01	3.12	1.00	0.93	0.88	1.09	30	2.98	-0.48	0
2009	Red Sox	-0.03	-0.45	0.42	0.49	0.05	1.01	0.90	0.87	0.25	1	0.06	-0.09	0
2010	Red Sox	2.92	-12.97	15.89	23.82	2.33	1.00	0.88	0.87	0.95	30	3.40	-0.48	0
2011	Red Sox	1.82	-12.62	14.45	26.08	2.58	0.98	0.88	0.85	0.99	31	2.28	-0.42	0
2012	Red Sox	-0.78	-16.30	15.52	-4.55	-0.38	0.99	0.91	0.87	1.15	30	-0.34	-0.45	0
2013	Red Sox	0.70	-3.44	4.15	9.29	0.90	0.81	0.81	0.85	1.22	9	1.36	-0.49	0
Total	- - -	10.56	-83.37	93.93	127.08	12.03	0.98	0.90	0.87	1.09	188	12.19	-1.47	1
Postseason	- - -	0.82	-2.10	2.92	7.58	0.73	0.92	0.90	0.73	0.99	6	0.92	-0.02	0

Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2006	Red Sox	64.7% (90.2)	15.9% (80.7)	2.0% (86.5)	11.9% (71.0)	5.5% (81.0)	1.6%
2007	Red Sox	54.2% (89.9)	1.9% (82.1)	22.0% (85.0)	15.4% (72.3)	6.5% (82.7)	0.7%
2008	Red Sox	57.0% (92.1)	0.2% (82.8)	22.0% (88.4)	17.2% (76.2)	3.7% (83.9)	4.0%
2009	Red Sox	54.4% (93.7)		19.6% (89.0)	19.4% (78.4)	6.6% (85.6)	0.1%
2010	Red Sox	50.4% (93.3)		22.0% (89.7)	16.0% (77.6)	11.6% (85.4)	1.0%
2011	Red Sox	49.4% (92.8)		27.9% (89.0)	13.3% (75.5)	9.3% (84.7)	0.1%
2012	Red Sox	51.8% (92.6)		22.1% (90.3)	14.3% (76.1)	11.8% (85.9)	0.3%
2013	Red Sox	48.6% (92.4)		26.0% (89.9)	14.4% (75.2)	11.0% (84.8)	0.1%
Total	- - -	53.4% (92.5)	1.3% (80.8)	21.3% (89.1)	15.6% (76.3)	8.4% (85.0)	1.1%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SI%	SL%	CU%	CH%	UN%
2007	Red Sox	51.2 %		16.3 %		7.0 %	15.4 %	9.9 %	0.2 %
2008	Red Sox	64.9 %		11.5 %		1.0 %	16.4 %	6.1 %
2009	Red Sox	55.0 %	1.4 %	14.9 %		10.5 %	12.2 %	6.0 %
2010	Red Sox	38.8 %		21.7 %	11.6 %	0.9 %	15.2 %	11.8 %
2011	Red Sox	35.3 %		25.1 %	16.7 %		13.6 %	9.3 %
2012	Red Sox	32.5 %		13.3 %	27.9 %		14.4 %	11.8 %
2013	Red Sox	34.2 %		15.9 %	23.7 %		14.4 %	11.6 %
Total	- - -	44.7 %	0.3 %	17.2 %	11.7 %	2.5 %	14.4 %	9.2 %	0.0 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSI	vSL	vCU	vCH
2007	Red Sox	91.8		86.3		85.6	72.9	84.2
2008	Red Sox	91.8		87.0		81.5	75.9	84.2
2009	Red Sox	93.5	89.5	89.2		81.7	77.9	85.7
2010	Red Sox	93.5		89.6	92.3	81.2	77.5	85.6
2011	Red Sox	92.6		88.9	92.4		75.6	84.7
2012	Red Sox	92.0		89.9	92.6		76.1	85.9
2013	Red Sox	91.9		89.6	92.1		75.2	85.0
Total	- - -	92.6	89.5	89.0	92.4	82.1	76.3	85.2

Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2006	Red Sox	-5.4	2.3	-1.6	-2.1	0.1	-0.56	0.98	-5.26	-1.22	0.15
2007	Red Sox	-3.5	1.3	-2.5	3.5	0.6	-0.60	6.40	-1.07	2.10	0.88
2008	Red Sox	14.2	0.5	4.8	4.6	-0.6	0.79	9.01	0.69	0.84	-0.48
2009	Red Sox	4.0		12.9	5.7	0.6	0.21		1.94	0.87	0.27
2010	Red Sox	-1.3		16.4	4.4	9.7	-0.08		2.25	0.83	2.53
2011	Red Sox	4.2		8.2	-5.4	-0.2	0.27		0.92	-1.26	-0.07
2012	Red Sox	-4.4		-4.1	-2.1	3.3	-0.25		-0.55	-0.43	0.81
2013	Red Sox	9.0		-4.2	-0.5	5.4	1.72		-1.49	-0.33	4.55
Total	- - -	16.7	4.1	30.0	8.1	18.9	0.16	1.58	0.70	0.26	1.12

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSI	wSL	wCU	wCH
2007	Red Sox	-6.5		1.3		-2.0	3.2	0.4
2008	Red Sox	12.1		1.7		1.1	2.1	3.2
2009	Red Sox	0.4	-0.6	10.1		1.9	4.2	-0.6
2010	Red Sox	-7.9		18.0	2.1	0.2	4.1	9.6
2011	Red Sox	0.2		14.5	-0.7		-4.1	-1.2
2012	Red Sox	-7.3		1.2	-1.0		-1.9	3.5
2013	Red Sox	3.1		-2.0	4.3		-0.6	6.0
Total	- - -	-6.0	-0.6	44.8	4.7	1.2	7.1	20.9

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2007	Red Sox	-1.90		1.17		-4.36	3.12	0.54
2008	Red Sox	0.59		0.47		3.35	0.41	1.67
2009	Red Sox	0.02	-1.22	2.01		0.54	1.03	-0.29
2010	Red Sox	-0.60		2.47	0.53	0.75	0.81	2.44
2011	Red Sox	0.02		1.82	-0.13		-0.95	-0.42
2012	Red Sox	-0.66		0.26	-0.10		-0.39	0.87
2013	Red Sox	0.85		-1.18	1.67		-0.36	4.81
Total	- - -	-0.07	-1.22	1.43	0.22	0.25	0.27	1.24

Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2006	Red Sox	21.3 %	61.9 %	41.1 %	58.9 %	89.4 %	81.3 %	48.8 %	54.0 %	7.5 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2007	Red Sox	24.8 %	67.3 %	45.0 %	59.6 %	89.0 %	80.4 %	47.4 %	49.5 %	8.8 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Red Sox	27.4 %	66.9 %	47.4 %	65.1 %	89.5 %	82.6 %	50.8 %	58.1 %	8.0 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
2009	Red Sox	26.7 %	66.7 %	45.9 %	51.6 %	86.0 %	75.6 %	48.1 %	54.5 %	11.1 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2010	Red Sox	29.5 %	64.0 %	44.6 %	59.6 %	86.5 %	76.5 %	43.8 %	58.8 %	10.3 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Red Sox	30.5 %	65.2 %	45.0 %	65.1 %	89.9 %	80.1 %	41.8 %	58.2 %	8.7 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Red Sox	30.6 %	66.5 %	45.1 %	65.2 %	90.8 %	80.4 %	40.4 %	58.2 %	8.7 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Red Sox	29.0 %	65.9 %	46.4 %	70.6 %	90.3 %	83.8 %	47.1 %	60.3 %	7.4 %
2013	Average	29.7 %	65.0 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	45.8 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	28.3 %	65.7 %	45.3 %	61.8 %	88.7 %	79.5 %	45.5 %	57.0 %	9.1 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Red Sox	30.2 %	60.7 %	44.8 %	58.5 %	92.9 %	80.8 %	47.9 %	24.1
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Red Sox	33.1 %	61.1 %	47.0 %	69.4 %	90.5 %	83.0 %	49.6 %	23.1
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
2009	Red Sox	31.1 %	60.1 %	45.7 %	57.0 %	86.4 %	76.5 %	50.4 %	23.8
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
2010	Red Sox	28.7 %	59.9 %	44.0 %	56.4 %	86.3 %	76.3 %	49.0 %	23.6
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Red Sox	27.1 %	63.0 %	44.4 %	60.6 %	88.9 %	79.9 %	48.1 %	24.2
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Red Sox	28.8 %	64.4 %	44.8 %	65.1 %	88.5 %	80.3 %	45.1 %	23.2
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	Red Sox	28.5 %	63.8 %	46.0 %	68.2 %	90.9 %	83.8 %	49.6 %	22.1
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.4 %	49.2 %	22.5
Total	- - -	29.7 %	61.7 %	45.2 %	62.1 %	88.4 %	79.5 %	48.5 %	23.5

Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	SB	FP
2006	Red Sox	P	15	15	81.1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.000
2007	Red Sox	P	12	11	63.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.909
2008	Red Sox	P	33	33	210.1	19	21	2	0	2	3	3	0	8	.952
2009	Red Sox	P	32	32	203.1	7	24	2	1	1	1	0	1	19	.939
2010	Red Sox	P	32	32	208.0	5	35	3	0	3	2	2	0	22	.930
2011	Red Sox	P	31	31	191.2	9	19	1	0	1	2	1	1	14	.966
2012	Red Sox	P	33	33	205.1	14	21	2	0	2	2	2	1	13	.946
2013	Red Sox	P	10	10	65.2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.000
Total	- - -	P	198	197	1228.2	65	139	11	1	10	10	8	3	95	.949

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2006	Red Sox	P	81.1	2	-1	0
2007	Red Sox	P	63.0	0	-2	-2
2008	Red Sox	P	210.1	1	-2	0
2009	Red Sox	P	203.1	0	2	0
2010	Red Sox	P	208.0	0	3	2
2011	Red Sox	P	191.2	2	-1	1
2012	Red Sox	P	205.1	0	1	0
2013	Red Sox	P	65.2	-1	0	-1
Total	- - -	P	1228.2	4	0	0

Value

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
2006	Red Sox	1.4	-0.6	0.6	0.0	13.8	1.3	$4.9
2007	Red Sox	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	5.2	0.5	$2.0	$0.4
2008	Red Sox	6.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	49.0	5.0	$22.7	$0.4
2009	Red Sox	6.0	-0.6	0.4	-0.2	58.7	6.2	$27.7
2010	Red Sox	5.4	0.1	-0.1	0.0	49.0	5.4	$21.4
2011	Red Sox	4.7	0.3	0.8	1.1	33.8	3.6	$16.1
2012	Red Sox	1.5	-0.8	-0.9	-1.7	31.2	3.3	$14.7
2013	Red Sox	1.8	0.8	-0.5	0.2	14.2	1.5	$7.6
Total	- - -	28.2	-0.2	1.7	1.5	254.8	26.7	$117.1	$0.8

Contracts

$30m / 5 Years (2009 - 2013) + 1 Option Years (Edit)

signed by Boston Red Sox on 3/15/2009 (Avoided Arbitration)
2009: $1M, 2010: $3.8M, 2011: $5.8M, 2012: $7.6M, 2013: $11.6M
2014 Team Option: $13M ($0.2M buyout)

Option is voided if Lester is traded and has finished first or second in Cy Young

Incentives: $50,000 for All Star $50,000 for LCS MVP $100,000 for WS MVP $100,000 for Cy Young ($75,000 for 2nd place, $50,000 for 3rd place) $0.1M for MVP ($75,000 for 2nd place, $50,000 for 3rd place)
Agent / Agency: Josh Yates, ACES (previously Alan Nero)
Originally Reported By: Jeff Passan
Source: sports.yahoo.com
Submitted by olerudshelmet

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