Given their shared history from the time they spent together in Chicago, where they helped to end the Cubs’ 108-year World Series drought, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez’s talk with veteran lefty Jon Lester after the Nats traded Lester to the St. Louis Cardinals this past July 30th, was not an easy one.
Lester, who turned 38 last week, signed a 1-year/$5M with the Nationals for 2021, but the southpaw struggled during his run in the nation’s capital, putting up an ugly 5.02 ERA, a 5.43 FIP, and a rough .