Photo by: Mary DeCicco
FILE - This is a Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, photo showing Jon Lester of the Washington Nationals baseball team. Washington Nationals left-hander Jon Lester will have surgery to have a thyroid gland removed, manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Lester will leave spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida, and fly to New York for the procedure. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via AP, Pool)