St. Louis Cardinals
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jon Lester threw 45,694 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2021, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2021, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Cutter (87mph), also mixing in a Change (81mph), Sinker (88mph) and Curve (73mph).
In 2021, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball has less armside movement than typical, has some natural sinking action and has slightly below average velo. Their cutter results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' cutters and has strong cutting action. Their change results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has less armside run than typical and has slightly below average velo. Their curve has below average velo, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement.