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Jon Lester falters against Tigers in loss

by Aaron Goldberg | Wed, Jun 10th 8:36am EDT

Jon Lester pitched 4.1 innings while giving up five earned runs, nine hits, and two walks. He struck out five. The outing raised his season ERA to 4.25 with a 1.43 WHIP and 70/20 K/BB ratio.

Fantasy Impact:

This is back-to-back poor efforts from the Cubs' prized 2015 acquisition. Detroit had been scuffling prior to Sunday's win against the White Sox, and Lester's opponent, Anibal Sanchez, had not pitched well on the season. Lester had a career year in 2014, and it's highly unlikely he will approach those numbers again this year. However, he's coming off a run of quality starts and should continue to provide value for owners, albeit not the type they thought when they spent a high draft pick on a pitcher on top of his game moving to the easier league. He will look to rebound next time out against the Reds at Wrigley.

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