Jon Lester has been playing with a bone chip in his pitching elbow, and the Chicago Cubs knew about it when they signed him to a $155 million contract. The bone chip was discovered during a 2014 MRI ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Cubs have named pitcher Jon Lester as their Opening Day starter. Lester will take the mound against the Marlins at 11:40 a.m. on March 29 in Miami. Lester, 34, went 13-8 ...

BOSTON -- 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 ...

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. Lester has a ...

Against the Marlins on Monday night, five different Nationals left the yard in the first five innings. One of them was unexpected: former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester. Lester got in on the fun ...

As free-agent pitcherJon Lester draws nearer to a decision, Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry flew to the Atlanta area Friday for a one-on-one meeting with the former Boston left-hander, WEEI.com ...