Cubs fans lose their minds on Twitter over Jon Lester’s move to Nationals

Let’s hope Cubs fans took advantage of Jon Lester’s free round of drinks while they could.

Lester, one of the biggest free agent signings in Cubs –and Chicago—history, is headed to the Washington Nationals. He is signing a one-year deal with a mutual option, pending a physical, according to multiple reports.

Lester signed with the Cubs on Dec. 15, 2014 and made an immediate impact, helping vault the Cubs to the NLCS in his first season and a World Series title the year after. The fan favorite also earned two All Star bids during his time on the North Side.

As expected, Cubs fans are…well…not happy to see him go.

Jon Lester signing with the Nationals and not finishing his career with the Cubs is sad.

Cubs re-signing Jon Lester for 2021+ wasn't exactly making anything better for the team.

There are a lot of emotions stirring around and yeah, things stink for the Cubs right now.
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) January 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/PercyFallon24/status/1351345608431460358

Beyond disappointing the Cubs offer to Jon Lester came very late in the process and was not close to the money the Washington Nationals offered. That is not how you take care of the greatest free agent signing in team history and one of the two best in Chicago sports history.
— David Kaplan (@thekapman) January 19, 2021

Wow. And the hits kept coming...

Listen, I was prepared for Lester to not be on the Cubs because he was retiring, but this? This hurts.

Schwarber and Lester and Davey and Starlin all in D.C. https://t.co/HhEDRf4HRQ
— Michael Cerami (@Michael_Cerami) January 19, 2021

Gonna miss Jon Lester in a @Cubs uniform. That 2016 World Series ends up somewhere else without him in the organization. Probably the best FA signing in Cubs history.
— Jared Green (@JaredGreen01) January 19, 2021

Jon Lester even said he wanted to come back to the #Cubs for his 200th win, and this organization low balled him. It’s sad how we’re treating living legends.
— Parth (@partbaxi) January 19, 2021

Cubs fans: you may want to circle May 17 on the calendar. That will be the Nationals’ (and Lester’s) first trip to Wrigley Field this upcoming season.

Maybe another round of drinks will be in order?