I don’t want to make too much out of one spring training start, but Jon Lester’s Statcast numbers are interesting. We were able to get data from the lefty’s March 4 start against Arizona because the Snakes have the tech installed in their spring facility. Now, as we’ve cautioned before, please don’t make too much of it.
I only point it out because 1) he had weird numbers last season and 2) I’m interested to see how he ramps up as the season progresses. I would use data from this start to essentially establish his baseline.
Lester’s velocity dropped dramatically last season.