3 years agoWashington Nationals starting pitcher Jon Lester has been traded to the St. Louis Cardinals, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network. There's no word yet on the return for Washington, but this is now the second starting pitcher St. Louis has acquired after getting J.A. Happ from Minnesota earlier this afternoon. Lester has gone 3-5 with a 5.02 ERA, 1.593 WHIP and 14.9 percent strikeout rate over 75 1/3 innings of work. He's looked a little better in July where he's gone 1-2 with a 4.00 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 18 innings of work, but his value is still limited to being a matchup-dependent streaming option.--Michael Grennell - RotoBaller
Source: Jon Heyman