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Originally Posted by riverside sluggers
whoah who was saying Jon Lester was a future Roger Clemens?
Anyways the Lester that was up in the bigs isnt the same one that was dealing up the ladder of the Sox system, if anything his sickness (minor car accident hurting his back) mustve had some effect. Id say his ceiling is Cliff Lee, soxprospects.com has the mlb comparison of Andy Pettitte
EDIT: I thought so...
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I think that Cliff Lee ceiling is a little low, and perhaps Andy Pettitte is a little high. Somewhere in between... he has all the tools, what really matters is how he utilizes them. He has been nothing short of dominant during certain stints in the minors.
He is hard to make comparables to... I was thinking that if he can really harness his stuff and stay healthy Tim Hudson could be a good comparison. I think that in their primes Pettitte is a better pitcher than Hudson in big games (and therefore a better pitcher overall). Until we see proof I see no reason to think Lester is a particularly good or bad pitcher in big games.
How about Mark Mulder?