{"id":16064,"date":"2018-12-12T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=16064"},"modified":"2018-12-12T20:00:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T01:00:38","slug":"report-rangers-sign-lance-lynn-to-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2018\/12\/12\/report-rangers-sign-lance-lynn-to-three-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Rangers Sign Lance Lynn to Three-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/texas-rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Rangers<\/a><\/strong> and righty <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lynnla01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lance Lynn<\/a><\/strong> have agreed to a three-year deal worth $30 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source confirms: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rangers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Rangers<\/a> in agreement with free-agent RHP Lance Lynn on a three-year, $30M contract. First: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sullivan_Ranger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Sullivan_Ranger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/1073004965155622913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lynn was a free agent just last offseason, and he figured to receive a longterm deal. However, he decided to settle for a one-year prove it deal with the Twins. Despite struggling, it appears that decision payed off for him in the end.<\/p>\n<h3>A Look at Lynn\u2019s Career<\/h3>\n<p>Lynn spent the first seven years of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He broke out in 2012, his first full season in the big leagues. Lynn was named to his only career All-Star game and went 18-7 with a 3.78 ERA and 180 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>His next couple of years he was a reliable starter for the Cardinals. In 2013 he became a more consistent pitcher, and reached 200 innings for the first time in his career. That year he went 10-15 with a 94 ERA+ and a 3.97 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn showed up to Spring Training in 2014 in the best shape of his life. As a result, he posted a career-low 2.74 ERA and 1.26 WHIP. In 2015, he went 12-11 with a 3.03 ERA and 167 strikeouts over 175 innings.<\/p>\n<p>He missed the whole 2016 season due to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy John<\/a><\/strong> surgery. Lynn rejoined the Cardinals rotation and finished the year by making 33 starts and posting a record of 11-8 and a 3.43 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>Last offseason, he singed a one-year $12 million with the Twins. The Twins did not receive the pitcher they were expecting, and Lynn struggled mightily. Over 20 starts, he went 7-8 with a 5.10 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn was traded to the Yankees at the deadline, and he spent time in their bullpen and rotation. In 11 appearances he posted a 4.14 ERA, and he allowed three runs in two postseason appearances.<\/p>\n<h3>What Lynn Brings to the Rangers<\/h3>\n<p>Lynn joins a very depleted Texas Rangers rotation. They currently have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/minormi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Minor<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/juradar01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Jurado<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mendeyo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yohander Mendez<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smylydr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Smyly<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/volqued01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edinson Volquez<\/a><\/strong>. Lynn could be potentially nice bounce back candidate for the Rangers. He will certainly be determined to prove his struggles in 2018 were just a fluke.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"g-Cb0imBRzZfi4W-wpgbNg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1051528926\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'g-Cb0imBRzZfi4W-wpgbNg',sig:'WDlia5USjEYYLxsdpfIJtE727dhzxaDqffowjd3VnAM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1051528926',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic, the Texas Rangers and righty Lance Lynn have agreed to a three-year deal worth $30 million. Source confirms: #Rangers in agreement with free-agent RHP Lance Lynn on a three-year, $30M contract. First: @Sullivan_Ranger. \u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 13, 2018 Lynn was a free agent just last offseason, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2821,"featured_media":16065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[1764,259],"class_list":["post-16064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-rangers","tag-lance-lynn","tag-texas-rangers"],"modified_by":"John Flanigan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}