Jon Lester: ‘It sucks’ Bryce Harper, Manny Machado remain unsigned
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The free-agency sagas of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado slog on with seemingly no end in sight, a baffling development with Spring Training set to get underway. Count Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester among a group including Houston Astros ace Justin VerlanderJon Lester: ‘It sucks’ Bryce Harper, Manny Machado remain unsigned
The free-agency sagas of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado slog on with seemingly no end in sight, a baffling development with Spring Training set to get underway. Count Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester among a group including Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander that believes there’s something awry about two of MLB’s biggest superstars still standing on the sideline at this late stage, calling it a “sad time” for baseball. While reports, speculation and rumors abound concerning the potential ultimate endgames for both Harper and Machado in their respective, protracted pursuits of new teams, both sluggers remain unsigned. To Lester, that’s a sign that the system may be broken. “We got two of the greatest superstars in the game, faces of baseball that don’t have teams, and we’re starting spring training,” Lester said this week from Cubs’ camp in Mesa, Ariz., via the Chicago Tribune . “It sucks on our end. Something has to give. We got to figure out what’s actually going on with this stuff and get these guys who ha Read more