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Jon Lester engages with fans on recent players inappropriate tweets

With the recent uncovering of racist, sexist, all-around unflattering tweets from Brewers reliever Josh Hader and now Braves starter Sean Newcombe, it's sparked quite the debate on how players should be treated and disciplined for digital mistakes these players made as teenagers.

Cubs starter Jon Lester, a 13-year veteran, took to Twitter Monday morning to share his thoughts on the subject and how players need to take an extra step to protect their reputations.

If you’re on Twitter, please spend the 5 minutes it takes to scrub your account of anything you wouldn’t want plastered next to your face on the front page of a newspaper.