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Jon Lester FA SP L 

Born: 01/07/1984 (Age: 37)

FanGraphs Player Page

Signed By

Balls To The Walls for $3

Positions
SP

Avg Salary
All Leagues $5.02 Last 10 adds $4.10
FanGraphs Points $3.83 Last 10 adds $4.80

Roster%
33.66%
Change
7Day 3.88%
30Day 9.38%


January 18, 2021 8:16 PM : Lester signed a one-year, $5 million contract with Washington on Monday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: Lester became a free agent following the conclusion of the 2020 campaign after spending the last six seasons with Chicago. It's unclear as to how many seasons the 37-year-old southpaw has left in the tank, but he figures to slot in near the back end of Washington's starting rotation behind Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. The deal includes a mutual option for the 2022 season.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2006BOS151581.10060914357 3.14 255.17
2007BOS121163.000506131110 2.99 188.60
2008BOS3333210.100152202661014 4.45 935.06
2009BOS3232203.10022518664320 5.04 1024.06
2010BOS3232208.000225167831014 5.31 1103.80
2011BOS3131191.200182166751120 4.42 846.74
2012BOS3333205.10016621668425 3.73 766.36
2013BOS3333213.10017720967719 4.38 933.56
2014BOS2121143.0001491283249 5.63 804.70
2014OAK111176.20071661617 5.23 400.63
2015CHC3232205.00020718347716 5.35 1096.40
2016CHC3232202.20019715452621 5.24 1061.04
2017CHC3232180.20018017960426 3.98 719.74
2018CHC3232181.20014917464624 3.77 684.74
2019CHC3131171.20016520552526 3.36 576.54
2020CHC121261.000426417311 2.85 173.70

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2006BOS (AAA)111146.20N/A43432505 3.92 183.03
2007BOS (AAA)141471.20N/A51673134 4.28 306.93
2007BOS (AA)116.00N/A45400 4.57 27.40
2007BOS (A)3313.00N/A1511202 5.15 67.00

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
2020-09-26 CHC @CHW 1 0 0 0 3.2 20 7 7 6 3 3 0 1 -3.77
2020-09-21 CHC @PIT 1 1 0 0 6.0 21 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 33.00
2020-09-16 CHC CLE 1 0 0 0 5.0 19 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 13.30
2020-09-11 CHC @MIL 1 0 0 0 6.0 23 0 0 3 8 2 0 0 46.60
2020-09-06 CHC STL 1 0 0 0 3.1 19 5 5 6 4 2 1 2 -16.53
2020-09-01 CHC @PIT 1 0 0 0 5.1 27 5 5 8 3 3 0 0 15.67
2020-08-26 CHC @DET 1 0 0 0 5.0 24 1 1 8 5 1 0 0 23.20
2020-08-21 CHC CHW 1 0 0 0 3.2 20 8 8 9 3 0 0 4 -39.47
2020-08-16 CHC MIL 1 0 0 0 6.0 26 5 5 9 5 0 0 2 6.40
2020-08-11 CHC @CLE 1 1 0 0 6.0 24 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 35.60
Totals 10 2 0 0 50.0 223 34 34 60 37 15 2 10 114.00

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2021 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
March 25, 2012 1:55 PM add Big Papi memories $29
October 5, 2012 8:57 AM increase Big Papi memories $31
October 11, 2013 2:32 PM increase Big Papi memories $33
October 8, 2014 10:49 PM increase Big Papi memories $35
October 5, 2015 7:59 AM increase Big Papi memories $37
June 12, 2016 7:52 AM move Dragons🐉 (from Big Papi memories) $37
August 5, 2016 4:29 PM move Higher Heat (from Dragons🐉) $37
October 7, 2016 12:52 PM increase Higher Heat $39
January 31, 2017 7:05 PM cut Higher Heat $20
March 27, 2017 7:29 PM add Make Giancarlo Mike Again $37
June 20, 2017 8:16 AM move Pine Tar Incidents (from Make Giancarlo Mike Again) $37
July 9, 2017 8:12 AM move As Clutch as the 90s Braves (from Pine Tar Incidents) $37
October 7, 2017 1:53 AM increase As Clutch as the 90s Braves $39
December 24, 2017 10:34 AM cut As Clutch as the 90s Braves $20
March 19, 2018 8:14 PM add Masked Teabaggers $21
October 12, 2018 12:50 PM increase Masked Teabaggers $23
January 30, 2019 2:59 PM cut Masked Teabaggers $12
March 18, 2019 9:10 PM add Balls To The Walls $11
October 4, 2019 4:54 PM increase Balls To The Walls $13
December 5, 2019 12:24 AM cut Balls To The Walls $0
August 3, 2020 5:40 PM add Balls To The Walls $1
September 30, 2020 7:26 PM increase Balls To The Walls $3

Recent Trades for Jon Lester in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
August 10, 2020 1:00 PM The Rotten Bandits Gary Sanchez NYY C R $27 
Byron Buxton MIN OF R $10
 Busch Banditos Jon Lester FA SP L $4 
Christian Vazquez BOS C/1B R $3
Andrew Benintendi BOS OF L $28
July 29, 2020 9:41 AM The Vladitos Ryan Braun FA OF R $1 DTD
Yadier Molina FA C R $1
 The Buy More Nerd Herd Jon Lester FA SP L $1 
Carlos Rodon FA SP L $1
July 25, 2020 1:20 PM Super Benintendo Jon Lester FA SP L $1 
Eugenio Suarez CIN 3B R $17
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B/SS R $20 
Wander Samuel Franco TBR (A+) SS S $18 DTD
 Cheers, Sonny's Gray Miles Mikolas STL SP R $5 DTD
Mookie Betts LAD OF R $48
August 21, 2019 9:09 PM The Peaky Bunters Kyle Freeland COL SP L $8 
Raisel Iglesias LAA RP R $5
Dwight Smith  OF L $1
Seranthony Dominguez PHI RP R $1 DTD
 Dr. Frasier Crane Jon Lester FA SP L $1 
Domingo Santana FA OF R $1
Shohei Ohtani LAA Util/SP R $20
Nick Madrigal CHW 2B R $1 DTD
June 29, 2019 10:28 AM Mungo Marcell Ozuna FA OF R $17
Bobby Bradley CLE 1B L $1
Willie Calhoun TEX OF L $2
Jose Castillo SDP RP L $2
Griffin Canning LAA SP R $1
 Hakuna Moncada Wade Davis FA RP R $7 
Jon Lester FA SP L $1 
Kenley Jansen LAD RP R $26
Sean Doolittle FA RP L $13 DTD
Manny Machado SDP SS/3B R $47
May 10, 2019 9:39 AM Sale's Throwbacks Willy Adames TBR SS R $4
Sixto Sanchez MIA SP R $4
 Wander Bread Robinson Chirinos FA C R $5
Jon Lester FA SP L $2 
Roenis Elias  RP L $1 DTD
May 6, 2019 11:57 AM Puk it, chuck it Ke'Bryan Hayes PIT 3B R $2
 Canha Get a Hot Tub?! Jon Lester FA SP L $4 
April 11, 2019 10:22 AM Master wOBA Jon Lester FA SP L $10 
Jose Altuve HOU 2B R $49
 🍅Jersey Fresh Tomatoes🍅 Kyle Zimmer KCR SP/RP R $1 DTD
Bradley Zimmer CLE OF L $2
Keibert Ruiz LAD C S $2
Jesus Sanchez MIA OF L $1
Chris Paddack SDP SP R $10
March 27, 2019 10:03 AM 🏀 Mamba Mentality 3 🏀 Nick Senzel CIN OF R $5
Jo Adell LAA OF R $5
Shane Bieber CLE SP R $3
 Nobody Puks with the Jesus Jon Lester FA SP L $1 
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B R $58 DTD
Hunter Strickland FA RP R $5
Jose Urena DET SP/RP R $1 DTD
March 16, 2019 10:24 PM Logan Squares Charlie Blackmon COL OF L $40
 Big Gibby Style Jon Lester FA SP L $6 
George Springer FA OF R $37