Jon Lester News Archive
News -- February 2021 (33)
- 2/24 Overtime Heroics: Cubs Corner: 2021 Cubs Pitching Rotation, Arriving in Mesa, and More: Spring, spring, spring! Today’s Cubs Corner takes a look at one monumental task for David Ross, and some pictures from Sloan...
- 2/23 TalkNats.com: Jeremy Jeffress comes home in a deal with the Nats: In 2018, Jeremy Jeffress was on the All-Star team the year the game was played in Nationals Park. It was his only All-Star selection...
- 2/21 District on Deck: Nationals: Looking Ahead To The 2021-22 Free Agent Class: 2022 might see plenty of roster turnover for Washington, with many Nats set to reach free agency. While the Nationals are currently...
- 2/21 Call to the Pen: Washington Nationals hoping Joe Ross can claim fifth starter role: With the offseason addition of Jon Lester, the Washington Nationals have built one of the most powerful rotations in baseball....
- 2/21 IroniqMedia: MLB: Top 5 “Worse Than You Think” Teams for 2021 Season: With spring training games right around the corner, it is time for some MLB fans to start getting overinflated expectations. As...
- 2/20 Cubs Insider: Jake Arrieta Excited to Be Back with Cubs: ‘No Reason We Can’t Succeed at Highest Level’: No one’s ever accused Jake Arrieta of being overly humble, and that ****sure attitude was on full display Saturday as the...
- 2/20 IroniqMedia: 2021 Spring Training: Heating It Up With the Washington Nationals: The Washington Nationals had a rough 2020 season after they won the World Series in 2019 for the first time in franchise history....
- 2/18 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Hoyer Has Somewhat Thawed Winter of Our Discontent, Hendricks Ascends to Top of Rotation, Tatís Signs Historic Contract Extension: “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” – William Shakespeare If we graded Jed Hoyer on the headlines he’s...
- 2/18 Cubs Insider: Kyle Hendricks Has Earned Staff Ace Title Even If He Won’t Acknowledge It: If the Cubs are looking for something fun to replace the defunct annual bunting contest, perhaps they could have an aw-shucks-off...
- 2/18 TalkNats.com: Who the heck is that guy? New faces on the #Nats for 2021!: O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! At last, spring training is upon us. Today is the first day of workouts at West Palm Beach. While...
- 2/18 District on Deck: Nationals: Three Spring Training Storylines To Watch: Pitchers and catchers reported earlier today, meaning baseball is finally upon us. The Nationals had an interesting off-season,...
- 2/17 Cubs Insider: How Much Did Tom Ricketts Increase Cubs’ Baseball Budget for ’21?: Jed Hoyer has been pretty busy since the end of January, when it was first reported that Tom Ricketts had approved an increase...
- 2/17 TalkNats.com: Spring Training camp for the #Nats officially opens!: This was the longest off-season in Washington Nationals history from the end of a season to the start of Spring Training. This...
- 2/16 Last Word on Sports: Three Questions Heading Into Washington Nationals Spring Training: The Washington Nationals hope to rebound from a down 2020 season. Here are their three most pressing questions heading into Spring...
- 2/16 MLBTradeRumors: The Luxury Tax Boogeyman: The competitive balance tax has been an insidious force against the players. Back in 1996, in the wake of the ’94 strike,...
- 2/15 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Cubs’ 2021 Roster Nearly Set, Expect Big 3 Trade Rumors All Year, MLB Reporter Alanna Rizzo Cites Unwanted Advances from Former Dodgers Players: “I would argue that the current Cubs squad is a lot like The Godfather: Part III.” – Dan Szymborski, Fangraphs....
- 2/15 Call to the Pen: Chicago Cubs hope Jake Arrieta has something left: Jake Arrieta was a revelation during his first stint with the Chicago Cubs. Acquired from the Orioles for Steve Clevenger and...
- 2/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: COULD GARDNER BECOME A RED SOCK?: Source: NJ.comWhen I heard that the Yankees could move on from Brett Gardner over the last couple of weeks I got sick to my stomach....
- 2/13 Cubs Insider: Cubs Will Try to Leverage Several Small Advantages to Remain Competitive: What if all the talk about biblical losses and not having any money was just a smokescreen meant to obscure the true nature of...
- 2/10 Overtime Heroics: Cubs Corner: Hoyer Worried, NL Central, Cubs Flashback, More: In today’s edition of Cubs Corner, Cubs President of Baseball Ops, Jed Hoyer, seems suddenly aware of the Cubs pitching...
- 2/10 Prime Time Sports Talk: The Cardinals Aren’t Projected to Win the NL Central?: The annual PECOTA projections were released on Tuesday and to say that the St. Louis Cardinals aren't receiving the respect they...
- 2/9 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Hoyer Gets Some Extra Spending Money, Bryant Feeling Good, Agreement Reached on Health Protocols: I know I am supposed to be off today but I thought I’d put pen to paper before going to bed to give my bosses here at Cubs...
- 2/8 Overtime Heroics: 2021 Washington Nationals: Opening Day Roster Predictions: The 2021 Washington Nationals will look much different than the 2019 team that won the World Series championship, but also much...
- 2/7 Overtime Heroics: Cubs Corner: Bote Flashback, Cubs Finances, Rumor Has it, More: Another day, another edition of Cubs Corner. Obviously not much is going to happen in the way of transactions over the weekend,...
- 2/7 Franchise Sports: Ranking MLB’s best rotations after the Dodgers sign Trevor Bauer: Now that the best pitcher in the 2020 free agent class has found a home, where do the Dodgers rank in the pecking order of best...
- 2/5 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Cubs Feel No Different Despite Numerous Changes, Projection Sites Undervalue Hendricks Again, Cards Trade Fowler to Angels: I spent most of yesterday afternoon trying to figure out just what the heck Jed Hoyer is doing. It’s not so difficult to...
- 2/4 Baseball Essential: Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves Need Each Other: Marcell Ozuna is arguably the best position player left on the open market, and the Atlanta Braves are looking to win a World...
- 2/2 Overtime Heroics: Cubs Corner: Goodbye Len Kasper, Starters Wanted, More: Some new business, some a little older, in this edition of Cubs Corner. Trying to make heads or tails out of what the Cubs are...
- 2/2 District on Deck: Nationals: Moving trucks en route means our fresh start is near: With the reporting date for pitchers and catchers on the horizon, we can finally focus on a fresh season of Nationals baseball. When...
- 2/2 TalkNats.com: Tim Cate is the #Nats top lefty pitching prospect! What’s he all about and what did Mike Rizzo have to say!: When general manager Mike Rizzo drafted Tim Cate in the 2nd round of the 2018 draft, the lefty immediately drew comparisons to...
- 2/1 Overtime Heroics: Cubs Corner: Spring Training, David Ross, Cubs Additions, More: With baseball almost upon us again, I elected to take my Cubs Corner column out of mothballs (from a previous website) and reinvent...
- 2/1 Cubs Insider: The Rundown: Stories Getting Stale as Spring Training Approaches, Ross Mentions Chemistry, Players Expected to Veto Reduced Schedule Offer: It’s a struggle to find relevant topics when writing about the Cubs these days because it seems like we’ve been rehashing...
- 2/1 Overtime Heroics: 2021 Chicago Cubs: A Train Wreck in the Making: Several readers have asked me what I thought about the 2021 Chicago Cubs, and all I can say is that this is a train wreck in the...
News -- January 2021 (66)