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Lester extension makes good business sense

By Peter Gammons

Monday, March 9, 2009

One can make the case that of all the left-handed pitchers younger than 26 years old, Cole Hamels and Jon Lester would have the most value on the open market. Each is 25. Each has pitched World Series-clinching games. Hamels has the best career ERA of any 25-and-younger lefty in the majors (3.43), and Lester is third with a 3.81 career ERA. (Scott Kazmir is second with a 3.61 career ERA.) But Lester had his career interrupted in September 2006 after being diagnosed with lymphoma, and it took ...

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