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<blockquote data-quote="DRS" data-source="post: 1546634" data-attributes="member: 6410"><p>Well, I'm not going to start the age old 'it's impossible to be a better pitcher when you're giving up over a run more a game' argument, but late career BABIP jumps are usually not a good thing for pitchers. It is possible to have a year long slump in BABIP numbers but last year Lester's cut fastball was not nearly as lively and that is his number one tool to get weak contact which results in good BABIP. I think it was more than luck, and I do not think he was 'better' in '19 then '18.</p><p></p><p>He is off to great start this year and if Lester has proven anything over his career is that he is one helluva fighter and makes adjustments with the best of them, Lets go Cubbies!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DRS, post: 1546634, member: 6410"] Well, I'm not going to start the age old 'it's impossible to be a better pitcher when you're giving up over a run more a game' argument, but late career BABIP jumps are usually not a good thing for pitchers. It is possible to have a year long slump in BABIP numbers but last year Lester's cut fastball was not nearly as lively and that is his number one tool to get weak contact which results in good BABIP. I think it was more than luck, and I do not think he was 'better' in '19 then '18. He is off to great start this year and if Lester has proven anything over his career is that he is one helluva fighter and makes adjustments with the best of them, Lets go Cubbies! [/QUOTE]
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