Red Sox name Jon Lester opening-day starter By Dayn Perry | Baseball Writer March 27, 2013 11:19 am ET Jon Lester has earned the opening-day nod for Boston. (Getty Images) Lefty Jon Lester will be the Red Sox's opening-day starter when they take on the rival Yankees in the Bronx on Monday. MLB.com's Ian Browne reports Sox manager John Farrell made the announcement Wednesday morning. Lester, 29, is coming off a disappointing season in which he posted a 4.82 ERA (90 ERA+) across 205 1/3 innings. While Lester's modest jump in his HR/fly-ball rate andBABIP should improve a bit, his declining K% is a concern moving forward. For his career, Lester has pitched to a 3.76 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 2.47 K/BB ratio. For what it's worth, he owns an ERA of 4.10 in 22 career starts against the Yankees and an ERA of 4.19 in 11 career starts at (new) Yankee Stadium. This will be Lester's third straight opening-day nod. The Yankees will counter with ace and fellow lefty CC Sabathia MLB News Today @MLBNewsToday18m Red Sox to start Lester in opener vs. Yankees http://dlvr.it/3851X7 Followed by ImagiBrand Expand 62BostInno City @BostInnoCity28m Jon Lester Announced as Red Sox Opening Day Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester will kick off the Red Sox's 2013 seas... http://bit.ly/XeqvT6 Followed by AndreaofBLB Expand 68Eye on Baseball @EyeOnBaseball29m Red Sox name Jon Lester opening-day starter http://cbsprt.co/109hY1o via @cbssports Expand
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