I'd be shocked if Theo was consulting Rizzo & Lester (or any players really) on any deal. Maddon, sure. You may be right, but I think Lester asked for that before signing here (to be consulted on potential big deals). And with any other guy I'd say you are 100% correct but when its a guy who already had an incident with Rizzo I would lean towards he at least ran it past him. Didn't David Price and Big Papi hate each other before the Sox signed Price this offseason?