Jon Lester

Jon Lester announced his retirement from the MLB on Wednesday.

Fantasy Impact

Lester finishes as a five-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion with a lifetime 3.66 ERA, 200 wins and 2,488 strikeouts. He posted a career 2.51 ERA in the playoffs. He just turned 38 years old last week.

Jon Lester pitched five innings and surrendered six hits, four runs, and four walks while striking out four in a no-decision against the Cubs on Saturday.

Fantasy Impact

Lester was clinging to a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning before allowing a grand slam to Trayce Thompson (brother of NBA star Klay Thompson). The 37-year-old finishes the season with a 7-6 record, 4.71 ERA, and 1.51 WHIP in 28 starts with the Nationals and Cardinals.

Cardinals LHP Jon Lester (undisclosed) is lined up to make one more start during the final week of the regular season.

Fantasy Impact

Lester is dealing with an undisclosed issue that popped up during Saturday's start against the Cubs. It sounds as if it won't prevent him from making one final outing, however.

Jon Lester surrendered eight hits, four runs (three earned), and three walks while striking out six across five innings in a no-decision against the Cubs in his return to Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon.

Fantasy Impact

Lester entered the day having notched three consecutive quality starts over the past two weeks but simply didn't have his best stuff on Saturday. Nonetheless, the Cardinals rallied yet again in the later innings to win their 15th straight game. Lester will take a 4.62 ERA and 1.50 WHIP into his final regular season start next weekend against these same Cubs at home.

Jon Lester pitched six solid innings on Monday, allowing just three hits and two runs while striking out two and improving his record to 7-6 on the season.

Fantasy Impact

The Cardinals have now won nine straight games as Lester out-dueled Freddy Peralta. Both runs allowed were solo home runs in the second inning (Avisail Garcia and Luis Urias). Lester has now recorded three consecutive quality starts and six straight starts allowing two earned runs or fewer. Amazingly, he's accomplished this despite allowing eight home runs in his past five starts. The 37-year-old owns a 4.59 ERA and 1.47 WHIP and will face one of his former teams at Wrigley Field this weekend. Given how well he and the Cardinals are rolling, he makes for an intriguing streaming option for that matchup.