Jon Lester

I mean-

Where's your Jake Arrieta? Where's your, where's your Jon Lester? Like, stop.

Yeah, your John Lack, yeah.

You know, like-

This last one, Rossi, is for you.

Email from Brad Barber, "What did Rossi tell pitchers when he went out for a mound visit as a catcher?" As a catcher.

I wanna hear what you have to say, and then I wanna hear the Jon Lester story-

[laughs]

Take advantage of it.

What can't you do? Find the guy that has proven he can be your Jon Lester type signing.

We keep saying, "Oh, Bregman's is, is the Lester," or, "Kyle Tucker could be their Lester," or so and so.

No.

And then the final one is, I looked it up, and if I'm wrong, please let me know.

They signed Carlos Zambrano to a $91.5 million deal, an extension.

And then about 10 years later, they signed Jon Lester to a $155 million deal.

Mm-hmm.

... mixing in analysis.

John Lester.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And that's really good.

That time, John Lester.

And you're like, Lester should technically be better and play better and perform better.

But if Guthrie spinning it right and has that feeling, like who knows what he could do on the mound because he's in control in the end, the, the, you know, the numbers are out there.

He's probably got a better percentage chance, no matter what, to be better than the guy that he's playing." The Royals could throw out in a random game Jeremy Guthrie against ...

put a pitcher in that's really good that time, Jon Lester.

Mm.

And you're like, Lester should technically be better and play better and perform better.

And that's really good.

That time, John Lester.

And you're like, Lester should technically be better and play better and perform better.

But if Guthrie spinning it right and has that feeling, like who knows what he could do on the mound because he's in control in the end, the, the, you know, the numbers are out there.

On this day, Jake Arrieta shut out this team.

On this day, Jon Lester shut out the Dodgers.

On this day, Kyle Hendricks brought the Cubs to the World Series.

On this day, Kyle Schwarber came back.

But an experienced baseball operation failed.

particularly one that has won championships and has groomed players into the major leagues, should have gone back and looked at their successes when they integrated Dustin Pedroia and John Lester and Jonathan Papelbon and how those players were used and how they were elevated.

And in all cases, it was different.

Dustin Pedroia hit at the bottom of the lineup for half a season.