Can the Starsky Award be Far Behind?

On January 21 Jon Lester will be presented with the Hutch Award.



The award is presented to the "Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of baseball great Fred Hutchinson, both on and off the field." Lester was selected by a committee made up of the past award winners from the following list:

Rocco Baldelli, Tampa Bay Rays
Lance Berkman, Houston Astros
Doug Davis, Arizona Diamondbacks
Ken Griffey Jr., Chicago White Sox
Raul Ibanez, Seattle Mariners
Cliff Lee, Cleveland Indians
Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox
Aaron Rowand, San Francisco Giants
Mark Teahen, Kansas City Royals
Vernon Wells, Toronto Blue Jays

So, congratulations to him.