Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester questioned a report Saturday that his stalled contract negotiations mean it's "looking more and more" like this is his last season with the team.

"Why does it mean I'm out of Boston?" Lester said when asked about the Fox Sports report, which said the last Red Sox offer to their ace was four years and $70M, well below the prospective free agent's perceived market value.

A source confirmed to ESPNBoston.com the terms of the Red Sox's latest offer "give or take." That average annual value of $17.5M would lag well below the $20M plus that is becoming the norm for top-of-the-rotation starters.