The Jon Lester Signs w/ Cubs - 6 yrs/$155 Million

[SouthSideRyan]

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[Guest]

a sloppy drunk who was terrible at his job

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyt6q89igv1qdato8o1_250.gif

 

 

Yes, this.

 

Nostalgia colors our memory, but Caray was a hot mess, there's no two ways about it.

Caray was once a great broadcaster. He was miserable by the end.

[Sammy Sofa]

He was a phenomenal broadcaster back in the day. He was not for most of his time with the Cubs.

[Guest]

He was a phenomenal broadcaster back in the day. He was not for most of his time with the Cubs.

What can I say? I'm old.

[UMFan83]

Not that this changes the fact that he was bad, but didn't his stroke in the 80's have a lot to do with his slurred speech, difficulty pronouncing names and general badness?

[Sammy Sofa]

Not that this changes the fact that he was bad, but didn't his stroke in the 80's have a lot to do with his slurred speech, difficulty pronouncing names and general badness?

 

Yup, obviously. And the drinking was out of control before that. A lot of his early Cub games you can hear him starting out strong and then just getting progressively sloshed as the game goes on.

[UMFan83]

Jesse Rogers

@ESPNChiCubs

Cubs owner Tom Ricketts on Lester: "I don’t think there was anyone else out there we would have made this commitment to.”

 

 

the rest of the quote reads, "because he was the only one willing to take payment in the form Ameritrade stock and bison dogs."

[Tracer Bullet]

Not that this changes the fact that he was bad, but didn't his stroke in the 80's have a lot to do with his slurred speech, difficulty pronouncing names and general badness?

 

Yup, obviously. And the drinking was out of control before that. A lot of his early Cub games you can hear him starting out strong and then just getting progressively sloshed as the game goes on.

 

that makes two of us

[Guest]

This would be nice:

 

@CSNMooney Theo: “There’s a reasonable comp (for) the second half of Jon Lester’s career: You might hope it looks something like Andy Pettitte’s.”

[Splendid Splinter]

This would be nice:

 

@CSNMooney Theo: “There’s a reasonable comp (for) the second half of Jon Lester’s career: You might hope it looks something like Andy Pettitte’s.”

 

 

Interesting. Pettitte had 23.8 fWAR from age 31-36 seasons. 2- 5+ and 2- 4+ WAR seasons. For comparsion, Lester had 28.7 fWAR in the past 6 seasons.

[TruffleShuffle]

pettitte had a little help from HGH.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Hugh Hefner?

[Guest]

Thought this was interesting given what nocode's first posts were about

 

The Cubs unveiled the blueprints for the new family room and outlined all the security measures in place and the personal services offered to players.

 

http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-went-all-out-lester-%E2%80%98i-was-ready-soak-myself-deer-urine%E2%80%99-0

[Banedon]

http://www.trbimg.com/img-548f5faa/turbine/chi-lester15jon-ct0024956642-20141215/750/750x422

[Guest]

awww

[minnesotacubsfan]

HES A FAMILY MAN

[Tracer Bullet]

"Thanks for buying me every video game ever released as well as 100 titles that don't come out until 2017, Uncle Theo."

 

"Way to reel in the big fish, kid. You want a job in the FO or are you going back to pre-school? Do you have any more dad's that are ace lefties?"

[SouthSideRyan]

Lester's kid is Jake Wesley

[jersey cubs fan]

is theo divorced

[Guest]

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/1025/bos_a_epstein01jr_200.jpg

 

doesn't look like he was wearing a ring at his intro and he was definitely married then

 

also whenever this was

http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/258/files/2014/06/mlb-miami-marlins-chicago-cubs.jpg

[minnesotacubsfan]

Ohhh man theo is totally playing the field isn't he

[Thed Hoyerstein]

pretty sure theo just had kid no. 2 this past summer

[jersey cubs fan]

pretty sure theo just had kid no. 2 this past summer

that's when you leave

[Sammy Sofa]

Lester's kid is Jake Wesley

 

I kept thinking this:

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3d0_1409778028

[Guest]

Contract details:

 

For starters, Lester is getting a record $30 million signing bonus, of which $15 million is due by April 1. After that, $2.5 million each is due by Dec. 31 in 2018 and 2019, and a final $10 million installment is due by Sept. 15, 2020.

Here’s Lester’s year-by-year salary breakdown:

2015: $15 million

2016: $20 million

2017: $20 million

2018: $22.5 million

2019: $22.5 million

2020: $15 million

There is a $25 million mutual option for 2021 with a $10 million buyout, and the option would become guaranteed if Lester pitches 200 or more innings in 2020 or 400 or more in 2019 and 2020 combined.

Lester also gets a hotel suite on the road, a provision that he can’t be traded without his consent and the right to 25 hours of private-plane use for him and his family annually.

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/12/15/breaking-down-jon-lesters-contract/