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CHICAGO — Jon Lester was hanging out during a family beach vacation in South Carolina last year when he happened to turn on a Chicago Cubs game. Though the trade deadline was two months away ...
A decade after failed contract negotiations pushed Jon Lester out of the Red Sox’ door, he returned to his roots this week. The three-time World Series-winning pitcher joined his former team in ...
Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Even in his retirement, Jon Lester is finding ways to positively influence the Cubs’ pitching staff. Specifically, lend his knowledge as a 16-year ...
Jon Lester announced his retirement on Wednesday. The sturdy lefty has been a fixture in important rotations in baseball for a while. It's been an awful long time since we went into a season not ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nearly 10 years had passed since Jon Lester last put on a Red Sox uniform. That changed Thursday, when the three-time World Series-winning pitcher pulled on a navy blue hoodie ...
From 2015-20, Jon Lester made an indelible mark on Chicago Cubs fans. In his six years with the team, the lefthander went 77-44 with a 3.64 ERA and 940 strikeouts during the best run the franchise ...
The latest Wrigley Field rebuild hasn’t yet identified the updated version of Jon Lester, whose franchise-altering deal ($155 million) essentially cost as much as the two big contracts the Cubs ...