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Lester picks World Series title over Cy Young
- Updated: September 22, 2016
CHICAGO — If Cubs left-hander Jon Lester had a vote for the National League Cy Young Award, he wouldn’t cast it for himself.
Lester, who leads the NL with 18 wins, said he’d vote for teammate Kyle Hendricks, who leads the Majors with a 2.06 ERA.
“Kyle’s had an unbelievable year,” Lester said on Tuesday, following his seventh consecutive win. “I mean, if I had a vote, he’d be my vote, just because I get to see him every day. I see what he does. I see how he goes about it, how he prepares, and how he goes out and executes, and he’s my guy. That’s who I would vote for right now, tomorrow, the next day … whenever.”
Lester has never won a Cy Young Award, despite some excellent seasons with the Red Sox, but he has won the World Series twice. That, he said, is the prize he’d like to win …
