Well, this is interesting. The Braves are meeting with free agent LHP Jon Lester on Thursday.

Lester was traded from the Red Sox to the A's in July of this year for a half-season of Yoenis Cespedes. The Red Sox have maintained all along that they would be making a competitive offer to bring back Lester in 2015, assuming he would want to return to the club he'd spent all but two months of his career with.

The Cubs were looking to be big suitors for Lester, but Peter Gammons said Tuesday morning it seemed unlikely they could land him since they anticipate Lester re-signing with Boston.