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    But Red Sox teammate Jon Lester (13-7) "is probably the best lefty in baseball right now, as far as stuff ... Santana, nothing against him, but I never saw him throwing in the upper 90s and spotting it, throwing breaking balls and change-ups and spotting it. There is nobody in the two leagues that I've seen that can match Lester's stuff. About the only other guy, and he's a righthander, is Josh Johnson with the Marlins." Since May 31, Lester is 10-2 with a 2.02 ERA. Full Article at Philly.com
    is probably the best lefty in baseball right now, as far as stuff ... Santana, nothing against him, but I never saw him throwing in the upper 90s and spotting it, throwing breaking balls and change-ups and spotting it. There is nobody in the two leagues that I've seen that can match Lester's stuff. About the only other guy, and he's a righthander, is Josh Johnson with the Marlins.
    Billy Wagner – Billy Wagner SOURCE: Philly.com 2 months ago
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  2. Sometimes we forget how difficult it is to accomplish these things amid a baseball schedule which is much tougher in the U.S. than in Japan ... It's hard to find the words to describe what he has accomplished.
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