CLEVELAND, OH - Kaum Ib Hlis 02: Jon Lester # 34 ntawm Chicago Cubs reacts tom qab so haujlwm sab … [+]
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Tej zaum Jon Lester yeej ib txwm destined los ua tus choj ntawm eras.
Nws raug xaiv nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig ntawm 2002 cov qauv los ntawm Red Sox, thaum Sox - nyob rau hauv lub qhib lub hlis ntawm John Henry tsoom fwv thiab khiav ntawm 84 xyoo raug tshem tawm los ntawm lawv cov championship tsis ntev los no - twb nyuam qhuav pib rov tsim lub franchise lub teb chaws. thiab lub koob npe nrov, uas tau dhau los ua qias neeg thiab lwj, raws li, raws li kev saib xyuas ntawm John Harrington.
Hauv 2005, nws qhov kawg ntawm lub caij nyoog me me, Lester pitched rau Double-A Portland thiab pov 148 1/3 innings, uas tsis txawm tias nws nyob rau hauv 100 saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm cov pab koomtes me. Hauv 2019, lub caij kawg ua ntej muaj kev sib kis, tsuas yog 28 tus neeg ncaws pob me tau cuam tshuam tsawg kawg yog 148 1/3 innings.
Thaum Lester ua nws qhov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws hauv xyoo 2006, nws cov phooj ywg sib hloov tau suav nrog peb tus qub tub rog - Curt Schilling, Tim Wakefield thiab David Wells - uas txhua tus ua tiav lawv txoj haujlwm nrog tsawg kawg 200 yeej thiab 3,200 innings pov. Wells thiab Schilling nyob rau qib thib rau thiab yim hauv yeej thiab thib rau thiab cuaj hauv innings, ntsig txog, ntawm cov neeg ntaus pob ncaws pob thaum lawv cuam tshuam lawv qhov kawg hauv 2007. Wakefield kawg pitched hauv 2011, thaum nws nyob qib thib ob ntawm cov neeg ntaus pob hauv ob qho kev yeej thiab innings pitched.
Lester tau kuaj pom tias muaj mob qog noj ntshav nyob rau xyoo 2006 tab sis rov qab los ua 12 lub caij tsis tu ncua (11 pib) rau Red Sox hauv 2007 ua ntej yeej Game 4 ntawm Ntiaj Teb Series - uas tau ua rau Red Sox lub npe thib ob hauv plaub xyoos - thiab tom qab ntawd pov ib tug tsis muaj neeg ntaus thaum pov 210 1/3 innings li 24-xyoo-laus nyob rau hauv 2008, thaum nws yog ib tug ntawm cuaj pitchers hnub nyoog 24 los yog hluas dua mus pov yam tsawg 200 innings. Nws tau ua tiav tsuas yog 29 zaug txij thaum ntawd los thiab ib zaug (los ntawm Shane Bieber hauv 2019) txij li xyoo 2016.
Lester yeej 110 qhov kev ua si rau Red Sox, feem ntau los ntawm ib qho kev sib tw hauv tsev txij li xyoo 1983 tus kws sau ntawv Roger Clemens, nrog rau ob khub ntawm Ntiaj Teb Series rings ua ntej nws tau pauv mus rau kis las ntawm 2014 hnub kawg kev lag luam. (uas tau ua pov thawj qee qhov ntawm lub sijhawm tshiab yog ib yam li cov uas ua ntej lawv, thiab tias Henry-ua haujlwm Red Sox tuaj yeem cais cov cim franchise thiab ua rau kev lag luam tsis zoo raws li Harrington, cov Yawkeys thiab cov neeg pluag Harry Frazee)
Tom qab lub caij, Lester tau kos npe nrog cov Cubs, uas nws tau pab rau qhov kev sib tw cathartic tshaj plaws ntawm qhov no lossis lwm xyoo pua xyoo 2016. Raws li 2021 lub caij xaus, Lester nyob qib thib peb ntawm cov neeg ntaus pob hauv ob qho kev yeej (200) thiab innings (2,740, 370 tom qab ib leeg nquag hurler nrog 3,000 innings, Zack Greinke).
Qhov qeb duas tom ntej ntawm cov neeg ntaus pob tesniv yuav tsis suav nrog Lester, uas tau xaus txoj haujlwm uas tau hais tseg los ntawm cov lej pov tseg thiab kev ua koob tsheej (tsis muaj ntau tus neeg ncaws pob loj cua los ntawm qhov pib nrog lub peev xwm ntawm npias lossis peb hnub no) los ntawm kev tshaj tawm nws cov nyiaj laus hnub Wednesday.
Tab sis thaum Lester nyob rau hauv lub neej nteg-rov qab ntawm ib tug so haujlwm, txoj hauj lwm ntawm kev txheeb xyuas qhov chaw ntawm tus choj feem ntau txhais nws txoj hauj lwm - thiab kev lom zem ntawm kev txheeb xyuas seb nws puas los yog tsis yog ib tug Hall of Famer - nyuam qhuav pib rau lub peb so.
Tsis yog qhov kev ntsuas ib txwm muaj lossis niaj hnub ntsuas yog thawj tus phooj ywg rau Lester. Ntxiv rau qhov ua tiav 100 yeej txaj muag ntawm 300, Lester tau xaus nws txoj haujlwm nrog 2,488 tawm tsam thiab 3.66 ERA. Nws ua tsib pawg All-Star thiab ua tiav nyob rau saum tsib ntawm Cy Young pov npav peb zaug, nrog qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm qhov chaw thib ob hauv 2016. Nws tau coj cov pab koomtes hauv kev sib tw triple crown qeb ib zaug (ib qho NL-siab 18 yeej hauv 2018).
Lester's WAR ntawm 44.2 ib Baseball-Reference.com nyob rau qib 153rd txhua lub sijhawm, hauv qab NW nyuam qhuav-hanging-ntawm-tus-tam sim no-tsim xaiv xaiv ntawm Andy Pettitte, Tim Hudson thiab Mark Buehrle nrog rau kev sib cav ntawm cov phooj ywg ib-thiab-ua tiav. (Wells, Johan Santana thiab Roy Oswalt) thiab ua ntej tsuas yog 10 Hall of Famers - tsuas yog ob tug (Jack Morris thiab Catfish Hunter lig) tau tshwm sim tom qab Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II.
Per JAWS - lub kaw lus tsim los ntawm tus kws sau ntawv, Hall of Fame historian thiab Hall of Fame tus neeg pov npav Jay Jaffe uas sib txuas tus neeg ua haujlwm txoj haujlwm WAR thiab lub ncov tsim los ntawm nws lub sijhawm xya xyoo - Lester nyob qis dua ntawm 157th txhua lub sijhawm ntawm 39.4.
Txawm li cas los xij, Lester tau nyob qib xya ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam hauv WAR thaum kawg ntawm lub caij dhau los, tom qab Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander thiab Max Scherzer, txhua tus neeg zoo li lossis pob zeb-khoom Hall of Famers, nrog rau 32-xyoo-laus Chris. Kev muag khoom thiab yav dhau los Cardinals teammate Adam Wainwright, tom kawg ntawm leej twg tab tom tsim ib qho kev nthuav dav hauv xyoo pua 21st Hall of Fame.
Thaum lub sij hawm Lester debuts ntawm Hall of Fame kev xaiv tsa hauv 2027, tib lub pitcher uas tuaj yeem suav tias yog txhua yam nyob ze ntawm lub xauv kom dhau nws qhov kev yeej 200 yog Scherzer, uas nkag mus rau 2022 nrog 190 yeej. Lub neej yav tom ntej yog tsis paub meej rau Kershaw (185 yeej), uas tau tawm tsam qhov teeb meem ntawm lub luj tshib lub caij dhau los thiab yog tus neeg sawv cev pub dawb rau thawj zaug, thaum Wainwright (184 yeej) uas yeej ntau dua 15 qhov kev ua si dhau los rau thawj zaug txij li xyoo 2014 thiab zoo li yuav so tawm thaum kawg ntawm 2022. Tsuas yog plaub lwm tus pitchers muaj ntau tshaj 130 yeej, thiab tsis muaj ib lub quartet ntawm David Price (155 yeej), Ervin Santana (151 yeej), Johnny Cueto (135 yeej) thiab JA Happ (133 yeej) zoo li yuav suab ntev txaus kom tau mus txog 200 yeej.
Ib yam li ntawd, Scherzer (2,536 2/3 innings) yog tib lub sijhawm pib nrog kev txhaj tshuaj tiag tiag ntawm kev hla Lester's 2,740 innings. Tsuas yog rau lwm tus pitchers tau mus txog 2,000 innings - Santana, Kershaw, Wainwright, Nqe, Cueto thiab Madison Bumgarner, uas muaj 32 xyoo nyob rau lub Yim Hli thiab yog 706 innings qab Lester tab sis tau pov tsuas yog 636 1/3 innings tsib lub caij dhau los.
Lester cov ntaub ntawv raws li ib tug ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws postseason pitchers ntawm nws tiam yog txawm sturdier. Nws yeej peb lub ntiaj teb Series rings thaum mus 9-7 nrog 2.51 ERA hauv 26 lub caij nyoog tshwm sim (22 pib) npog 154 innings - tsuas yog txaj muag ntawm lub caij nyoog tsim nyog ntawm kev ua yeeb yam uas nws tau ua rau ERA ntau dua li kev khiav qis. tshaj nws lub caij nyoog tsis tu ncua.
Nws yog 1-1 nrog 2.72 ERA hauv xya lub peev xwm clinching lossis tshem tawm kev ua si (rau lub sijhawm pib) rau Red Sox, Athletics thiab Cubs - ERA inflated los ntawm txoj hmoo 2014 AL qus daim npav game, thaum Lester tso rau rau kev khiav dhau 7 1 / 3 innings, suav nrog peb nyob rau hauv yim inning raws li cov Royals pib lawv stunning comeback.
Tsis tas li ntawd, Lester mus 3-0 nrog 1.80 ERA hauv peb Game 5 pib - hauv 2013 ALCS, 2013 Ntiaj Teb Series thiab 2016 NLCS - thaum nws pab pawg tau khi ntawm ob qhov kev ua si sib tw hauv qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm xya series. Tag nrho peb pawg tau kaw qhov kev ua yeeb yam hauv Game 6.
Lester qhov kev xaiv tsa kuj tseem tuaj yeem tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev nkag siab ntawm lub sijhawm nws tau nthuav tawm hauv kev tshaj tawm nws cov nyiaj laus. Thaum Lester tau poob qis hauv peb lub xyoos dhau los (23-19 nrog 4.67 ERA thiab 1.48 WHIP), nws yuav nkag siab yog tias nws xav tias nws raug ntxias kom rov qab los tom qab mus 4-0 nrog 3.40 ERA hauv nws qhov kawg 10 pib lub caij kawg. rau cov Cardinals.
Tab sis Lester, uas muaj hnub nyoog 38 xyoo dhau los, hais rau ESPN.com hnub Wednesday nws txoj haujlwm tau "...zoo li nws txoj kev kawm" thiab nws muaj nuj nqis rau lub sijhawm tawm ntawm nws tus kheej. Qee lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv 2030s los yog 2040s, tej zaum nws hais ncaj ncees, kev paub txog tus kheej yuav raug ntsia rov qab raws li qhov kawg ntawm tus choj Lester - txawm tias tsis muaj tus lej ntawm qhov qub qub pov tseg lossis cov lej pib thov kom tsim. nyob rau hauv luv luv tawg - ua nws tus kheej mus rau lub Hall of Fame.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybeach/2022/01/13/did-jon-lester-a-throwback-pitcher-in-a-modern-era-build-himself-a-bridge- mus-the-hall-of-fame/