Jon Lester no longer losing his alternatives with postseason

Every get started from right here on out is a chance for veteran left-hander Jon Lester. Unlike the Cubs’ postseason runs from 2015-18 when Lester used to be the workhorse of the rotation, the ones tasks now fall at the shoulders of Yu Darvish and Kyle Hendricks. With Monday’s information of left-hander Jose Quintana re-joining the rotation on Tuesday and right-hander Alec Mills having a powerful September, Lester must earn his approach into the workforce’s postseason rotation. The left-hander didn’t waste his alternative on Monday as he quieted the Pirates within the Cubs’ 5-Zero victory over Pittsburgh. “Going into October, I want to be a reliable guy to where they don’t have to be on red alert down there [in the