Jon Lester issues injury update on the baseball that had the misfortune of hitting Jake Arrieta

If you consider yourself a baseball fan and somehow managed to miss Wednesday night's postseason showdown, you've by now surely caught the highlights of the Cubs' first postseason win since 2003. Jake Arrieta was (surprise) on point, tossing an 11-K shutout and stealing a base in the 4-0 Cubbies win.

That stolen base of his came after he was plunked in the hip by Pirates reliever Tony Watson. The benches cleared, Arrieta eventually took his base and Sean Rodriguez took his frustration out on a dugout Gatorade cooler.

Well now that the NL Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser is over and the dust has settled on that little dustup, Jon Lester -- who is slated to start Game 1 of the NLDS against the Cardinals on Friday -- took to Twitter to offer an injury update in wake of the HBP that sparked it. Don't worry, Arrieta is fine. The ball that hit him, though? Not so much:

Update: the ball that hit @JArrieta34 suffered a deep contusion to the left stitch and is out for the rest of the season. #LetsGo #NVRQT

- Jon Lester (@JLester34) October 8, 2015

While there's no immediate timetable for its return, the ball is expected to be ready to report to 2016 Spring Training.