It would be difficult to argue that Jon Lester is not the greatest free agent signing in Chicago sports history. I’m a big hockey fan and I don’t mean to take anything away from Marion Hossa, but I gotta give Lester a slight edge, even though the Blackhawks tallied three championships in the last decade.
With a 60-game schedule — and let’s hold off on playoff talk for now (Evan has yet to start his Quantifying Hope series for 2020) — the next 12 starts Lester makes could be his last with the Cubs, if not his career.