Wednesday, we learned that Jon Lester had announced his retirement at age 38, following a stellar 16-year MLB career, six years of which was spent with the Chicago Cubs.
Today I want to pose to you the question in the headline, and don’t automatically say “No,” because I think a case can be made for Jon to be inducted in Cooperstown.
His career numbers include the following: exactly 200 wins (for those who still consider individual pitcher wins important), a 3.66 ERA (117 ERA+), 2,740 innings, 2,488 strikeouts, five All-Star Game nods, three top-four Cy Young Award finishes and 44.