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another thing of note is that he is not actually in the minors, he is officially on rehab assignment while being on the 25 day DL. he can't just sit down there forever, if they want him to stay past the maximum rehab days, they have to use one of the option years on him, which they apparently do not want to do.

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i dont think this matters

if the sox ever regret not having another option on lester, then lester will have never turned into a good pitcher and he would've sucked this year.