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exactly, I didn't say he was bad, he's the best closer of all time, period, that doesn't make him the best pitcher of all time, or anything close to that, as a closer, he's #1, as a pitcher, he's not even close to #1.

I can't think of anyone other than Roy Halladay & Felix Hernandez that are definitely better without any argument, Wainweight shouldn't be in the argument anymore because of his injury, MLB.com also ranked Lester #4 as well, but they had Lincecum ahead of him instead of Lee, CC Sabathia has been in the decline lately, check out this article as it talks about CC Sabathia's decline: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/622087-2011-fantasy-projections-no-58-new-york-yankees-cc-sabathia-is-on-the-decline

I think Lincecum should take Cliff Lee's place, Lee is a bit overrated because of his low BB/9, the rest of his stats aren't impressive.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/8564/lester-among-schillings-top-5-pitchers he has Lester as #4.

Buchholz didn't say he did it anyway, the article implied that he was so good that it looks like he didn't hold back.

considering Francona told him not to throw his best stuff against the Yankees, he looked good, he was just getting ready for the season.

he was a bit lucky last year, & he did say that a few days ago, but I don't expect an ERA higher than 3.5, or less than 15 wins, he did pitch at 2010 level in September 2009. what I expect from him is 3.2 ERA, 18 wins, 200 IP. of course if he performs at last year's level with this offense, he could win 22+ games, last year he won 17 games when he actually missed 5 starts with Daniel Nava & Darnell McDonald as his offense.

2 scoreless innings for Lester, one walk, one hit, & one K. not vintage Lester, but not bad for his first two innings this year.

^^ Schilling would get in evantually (thanks to joining the 3,000 Ks club)

well, I said "on pace", as in if that player continues the same performance (or better) for the next decade or so.

David Ortiz is looking good, he might get over his April slump this year.