Three-time World Series champion and 200-game winner Jon Lester announced his retirement on Wednesday after a 16-year career. The 38-year-old made 30-plus starts in a season 12 times, including 28 starts in his final season with the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals last year. The southpaw made five All-Star teams and had a 2.51 career postseason ERA. Lester will be known for a nasty cutter, and he is one of only nine modern left-handers with 200 wins, a .600 winning percentage and a ...

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jon Lester allowed four runs in five innings of work on Saturday against the Chicago Cubs. Lester gave up six hits and four walks while striking out four. He ended up with a no decision in a game the Cardinals ultimately lost. The veteran lefty will head into the postseason with a 4.71 ERA.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jon Lester had his best start since being traded on Monday against the Cincinnati Reds. Lester earned a win and a quality start, pitching 6 1/3 innings, allowing just one run on one hit (a solo home run) and two walks while striking out five. Kyle Farmer hit a solo shot in the second inning, and it was the only damage against Lester, who improved to 5-6 and lowered his ERA to 5.05. He hasn't been great as a Cardinal, but he's still Jon Lester and certainly ...

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jon Lester struggled in his first start with his new team on Tuesday. It was Lester's first appearance since his last Nationals start on July 24. On Tuesday, he pitched five innings, allowing six runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out four. He gave up five runs in the first inning but was ultimately able to settle in and give his new team a little bit of length. It was definitely not the start Lester wanted to start his Cardinals career, but ...

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jon Lester has been traded to the St. Louis Cardinals, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network. There's no word yet on the return for Washington, but this is now the second starting pitcher St. Louis has acquired after getting J.A. Happ from Minnesota earlier this afternoon. Lester has gone 3-5 with a 5.02 ERA, 1.593 WHIP and 14.9 percent strikeout rate over 75 1/3 innings of work. He's looked a little better in July where he's gone 1-2 with a 4.00 ERA and ...

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jon Lester was pressed into duty a day early on Saturday after fellow starter Max Scherzer was scratched, and once again he did not seem to have his best stuff. Corbin gave up three runs on three hits and a walk in five innings to take the loss against the Baltimore Orioles. He struck out two batters, and two of the three hits against him went for home runs. Lester now has a 5.02 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, and 51 strikeouts in 75 1/3 innings on the season. He ...

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jon Lester had his best game of the year against the Miami Marlins Monday, throwing seven shutout innings with just six hits and no walks allowed while striking out seven batters. As if that wasn't enough, Lester also went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and two runs scored at the plate. Lester lowered his ERA to 4.99 after this outing, with a 1.65 WHIP and 49 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings. He's still not usable in most formats, but fantasy managers who ...

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jon Lester will get the start against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The veteran lefty continues to have difficulty pitching deep into games, only going 3 1/3 innings in his last start on July 5 while giving up six hits, including one home run. Lester has had a down season in general, as he is rocking a 5.34 ERA with 41 strikeouts, a 1.63 WHIP and 26 walks. Fantasy managers should search for higher-upside arms on Saturday.

Welcome to Are You For Real?, a weekly column where we look at pitchers who turned in surprisingly good starts and try to determine whether they are the real deal. This week we're looking at two pitchers from our nation's capital, and one a little farther south down in the sunshine state.We're breaking down two Nationals pitchers at different stages of their career, with righty Erick Fedde working to turn his career around after early struggles, and lefty Jon Lester looking to hang on for one ...

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jon Lester will start against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Lester limited the Milwaukee Brewers to one earned run on four strikeouts and no walks in four innings in his last time out, but the veteran left-hander will be a very risky option for those looking to stream an arm on Wednesday. The 37-year-old isn't a candidate to go deep in the ball game, and he's sporting a 4.91 ERA on the year with 22 strikeouts, a 1.46 WHIP and 10 walks in his six starts ...