who would you rather have? Tim Lincecum or Jon Lester

That is the Question? Who do i rather have? Tim Lincecum or Jon Lester. But if i Had to choose one it would be Lester. no I'm not bias i just look at Lester as a Better pitcher then Lincecum! Yes Lincecum has 2 Cy Young's but he has not Pitched in the AL and the Toughest division in baseball known as The AL East which Lester Has! If you Put Lester in the NL chances are hes going to be lights out. Now if you put Lincecum in the AL chances are he will struggle but he will get out of it if he spent a year in the AL. His Stats vs the AL are Interesting hes 3-2 in 8 games with a 3.91 ERA vs the AL. and all 3 of those wins were against the Oakland A's. as for the other 4 AL clubs he struggled! LA Angels, Bluejays tigers and royals all Batted him around like a cat playing with a toy. But like i said if you put him in the AL for a year he will be fine! as for Lester his record vs NL is 5-1 with a 3.03 era. and one of those wins was against the almost AL like Philles! the Edge vs Inter league play goes to Letser.

not lets take a look at the career stats for both pitchers! there almost the same except for the era!

Tim Lincecums career stats W-L 45-19 ERA 2.94 k's 765 whip 1.155

Jon Lesters career stats W-L 49-18 /ERA 3.55 /K's 568/ Whip 1.308

in career stats the Edge goes to Lincecum

as for the big stage the only big stage that Lincecum pitched was the all star game and he struggled! Lester Pitched in the game 4 the clinching game of the 2007 world series! but after that he struggled in the postseason but the edge goes to Lester. but if Lincecum helps his giants and brings him to the postseason tinny could do pretty well! so i guess its hard to say who's better because both pitchers are 26 and still there careers are in the young stage! but once they go in to there prime age there going to be scary to face!