Jon Lester: Red Sox are ‘too smart’ to ‘be down long’

Jon Lester won two World Series with the Red Sox in 2007 and 2013.The last few years haven’t been particularly kind to Red Sox fans.

Despite winning four World Series titles over the past 20 years, Boston has finished in last place of the AL East in three out of the last four seasons.

And with the Red Sox in the midst of another underwhelming offseason, there isn’t a lot of optimism regarding Boston’s chances of clawing its way up the standings in 2024.

The chances of another bleak summer in Boston is not lost on former Sox southpaw Jon Lester, who won World Series titles with the Red Sox in 2007 and 2013.

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In an interview with USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, Lester acknowledged that…