Cubs Pitcher Jon Lester Responds to Both Trolls and Supporters on Twitter

When Jon Lester signed a six-year, $155 million deal with the Chicago Cubs this past offseason, it came with extremely high expectations. Through his first two starts in a Cubs uniform, he hasn't quite lived up to the lucrative deal.

Lester is 0-1 with a 7.84 ERA after two starts. Through those two outings, he has allowed nine runs on 18 hits in just 10.1 innings of work.

After his team rallied late Monday night to save him from starting the year 0-2, Lester sent out this tweet: 

That led to a variety of responses, some supportive and some negative, directed at Lester. So, as he did when he left the Boston Red Sox this past winter, Lester responded to the tweets.

Here's how Lester handled the haters:

via @JLester34

However, the left-hander got a taste of his own medicine (in a friendly manner) and had to give one tweeter credit:

Lester was also appreciative of the support he received: 

[Twitter]