And then, as if blanking the Pirates over seven innings Saturday in a 2-0 victory wasn’t enough, Lester elaborated: “It took time for everybody to recover. When you come off that high of Game 7, you’re trying to get up for every game (the next season). And it’s not there. This year everybody came in with a different mentality. Everybody always says, ‘This is the hardest I’ve worked’ or ‘This is the best shape of my life’ … whatever nonsense. But I feel like guys made an effort to work on their weaknesses.”