Seymour, Brooklyn: Please settle this argument – better pitcher – Lester or Kennedy?

 Keith Law: I’d take Lester. (Source)

The usual gripe people have with Kennedy is that he doesn’t throw hard enough, but Lester doesn’t have an advantage there as his velocity is lacking as well (scouting reports say he sits in low 90s, tops out in mid 90s).

Also, Kennedy does a much better job keeping runners off base than Lester.

Career MiLB WHIP:

Kennedy 0.97
Lester 1.31

Kennedy is also a year younger, I’d take Kennedy.

By the way, anytime Lester is brought up cancer comes to mind because of what he went through in 2006. Click here to donate to fight cancer.