The Boston Red Sox, who as of Tuesday are 11.5 games back of the Orioles for 1st in the AL East, have scratched Jon Lester from his scheduled Wednesday start against the Blue Jays.
#RedSox announce that they have scratched Lester from his start tomorrow. Workman taking his turn.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 30, 2014
The teams to beat for Lester (10-7, 2.52 ERA) are reportedly the Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers.
FWIW, one GM just said it was looking like Lester deal would be done tonight or tomm. morning
— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) July 30, 2014
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