Jon Lester acquired from Washington…

[bccran]

Some need to get past the negative and envision the possible.

[1982 willie]

That is true bccran

[jj-cf-stl]

Shame he didnt come up with that before all those outfield threads this winter. Better late than never I suppose.

[bccran]

The jury is still out on the OF, but granted it is starting to improve.

I just don’t think all the negative threads about being out of the playoffs now are warranted yet. We have a full 1/3 of the season left to play.

[blingboy]

And our comeback is now underway as we have won one in a row. Going for two tonight.

[bccran]

Just win each series, BB. That’s what I’m hoping for.

[Cards667]

Why give up Thomas for Lester? You can’t tell me anybody was offering more than to take him off their hands for cash and the Cardinals actually gave them something. And that something is a toolsy guy with some promise, even if it’s “just” as a utility OF guy. If they’d had given up Justin Williams I would have liked it more, but still not come close to understanding what they are doing.

[gscottar]

That would have been true two years ago but I honestly can’t think of any player on our team who has looked worse than Thomas at the big league level the last two years. And not just offensively either. His defense was atrocious too. He probably needed a change of scenery. He may go to Washington and go crazy like Arozarena, Voit, Wisdom, and Nogowski but I don’t think he was going to do it here.

[Cards667]

Gant was better than this.

[Paul7]

Two pitchers Cardinals acquired and Lester is the younger one.

[jj-cf-stl]

Braves lefty batters went 4 for 5 vs Lester last night. Even the lefty batting pitcher went 1 for 2. They must have missed the memo that Lester is a LHP.

Therein lies the flaw of quoting batter splits vs lefty mlb pitching. All mlb pitching is not equal, and the Braves confirmed that quickly.

[bccran]

Lester had a bad 1st and 2nd inning for his new team. His performance to date this season against left handed hitters has been very good. Let’s see how he does in his next start.

[jj-cf-stl]

League avg-ish (97 ops+) vs lefty batters is now “very good”?

KK allowing a 38 ops+ vs lefty batters is very good.

[gscottar]

Exactly. Stop rushing the prospects.

The additions of JA Happ and Jon Lester at the deadline gave the #stlcards the opportunity to get Johan Oviedo and Jake Woodford’s development back on track.

That means mentally and emotionally as much as physically.

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— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) August 8, 2021

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