Lester and Beckett have been truly great, of late.

If one relies on FIP, then over the past 30 days, Beckett and Lester have been the best pitchers in baseball. Jon Lester leads every starter in the Majors with an FIP (Fielder Independent Pitching) of 2.00. Lester has allowed only 2.45 BB's per nine, while striking out an awesome twelve batters per game-frame. And his home runs are at a more than manageable, 0.55 per nine. Simply put, Lester the past 30 days has been dominant. Beckett is no slouch either. His FIP is second in baseball at 2.36 over the past month. And watching him has been a privilege. Because when Beckett is on, he is as great as anyone in the game. Josh has walked only 1.69 batters per nine over that stretch, while striking out slightly over nine as well. His BABIP has been low, .252, which has definitely helped. And since opposing hitters are still hitting line drives off of him, then luck is a factor. Although, Beckett has been great either way. ...