It's not every day you hear the word "metronome" to describe a baseball player.
But Jon Lester isn't your average baseball player.
He still has two years and almost $50 million left on the megadeal he signed before the 2015 season, but Lester has shown no signs of slowing down...even if he technically IS slowing down.
The 34-year-old saw a dip in his velocity to career lows in 2018 (91 mph average fastball, 90.2 mph average sinker) and that led to his lowest K/9 (7.4) since his 2012 season in Boston (7.3 K/9).
That didn't stop Lester from once again looking like the Cubs' ace, leading the league in wins (18) and turning in a 3.