Jon Lester Rumors: Yankees Could Be Looking To Swoop

Jon Lester is going to sign soon, and it sounds like the New York Yankees might try to swoop and make a big splash early in MLB Free Agency.

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Never rule out the Yankees. We should know better by now, but here is yet another reminder when it comes to the big ticket free agents each winter: never rule out the Yankees.

New York was never really in on free agent starting pitcher Jon Lester, right? Lester is down to his final two choices anyway, right?

To channel Lee Corso…not so fast my friends.

Please regard the following rumor from Jerry Crasnick:

This throws a wrench in the report we heard earlier today that Lester has his choice down between the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants. If that report turns out to be true, that means Lester is ready to turn the page and switch to the National League for a long-term deal.

Indulge, for a moment, a scenario in which Jon Lester actually shocks the baseball world and signs with the Yankees. That would mean that he spurned the Boston Red Sox, only to return to the American League East to pitch for the Yankees. For all of the talk we have heard about Lester having priorities other than the biggest money deal, it might turn out that he was simply open to the highest bidder.

Here is another factor to remember with Lester:

Are you telling me the Yankees wouldn’t be the team to swoop in and offer Jon Lester a seventh year?

Stay tuned, as they say.

Jon Lester is going to sign soon, and it sounds like the New York Yankees might try to swoop and make a big splash early in MLB Free Agency.

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