In yesterday’s Tribune, Cubs’
starter Jon Lester was quoted on the slow pace of free-agent signings this
off-season: “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 [signed] who had pretty good years [but are]
sitting at home right now.”
In yesterday’s Sun-Times, Cubs’
starter Yu Darvish admitted that signing a six-year, $126 million contract last
year affected his performance. “Last
year I didn’t say anything about that, but definitely I was thinking about
[how] I had to do something for the Cubs.
I should win twenty games or something.”
Lester agreed that the pressure of a new contract can be hard to deal
with. “You try to live up to your
contract every start, and you can’t do that.
You have to put that behind you as best you can,” which he thinks was
hard for Darvish because of his arm injury.
So, let me get this straight. Lester is upset by all the free agents who
aren’t getting the deals they deserve while at the same time acknowledging the
impossibility of living up to a big contract.
Isn’t that a rich Catch-22?
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