CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Jon Lester broke out of the longest hitless streak to begin an MLB career on Monday with his first regular-season hit in his 67th at-bat. With two outs and two men on base ...

There has only been one other Chicago Cubs pitcher in the last 125 years who has been on the kind of streak that Matthew Boyd is on right now, and that was Jon Lester in 2016.

The Boston Red Sox traded ace pitcher Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes to the Oakland Athletics not with an eye to the distant future, but to next season, acquiring slugger Yoenis Cespedes.

CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Jon Lester took glove work to a whole new level Sunday, apparently solving his issues throwing to first base in the process. After the San Diego Padres ' Clint Barmes hit a ...

Jon Lester's agent denied a published report that claimed the pitcher's representatives informed the club what it would take to sign him, prompting the club's decision to trade him.

- Jon Lester (@JLester31) July 30, 2014 The Pirates, Dodgers, Orioles and Athletics all have incentive to upgrade. The Pirates haven't won a World Series since 1979, the last year in which they ...