If there was ever any worry that Jon Lester wouldn’t be ready once the season started, the veteran left-hander did his best to ease those fears.
Lester followed Tyler Chatwood’s stellar outing from Sunday with one of his own by throwing five no-hit innings and winning his season debut against the Reds on Monday.
The Cubs let Lester take his time to build up while working himself back into game shape during summer camp and after a solid outing in the Cubs’ final exhibition game, he looked sharp again facing Cincinnati.
The southpaw pitched to contact and let his defense do the heavy lifting.