{"id":81925,"date":"2024-07-31T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81925"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T20:50:29","slug":"cardinals-lance-lynn-il-knee-inflammation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/31\/cardinals-lance-lynn-il-knee-inflammation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals Right-Hander Lands on 15-Day IL With Knee Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid a resurgent season, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lynnla01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lance Lynn<\/a> will go on the 15-day IL with right knee inflammation. Nursing a knee injury, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lynn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> looked good against the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers last night, tossing five innings of one-run baseball. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katiejwoo\/status\/1818675038255530243\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Athletic&#8217;s<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katiejwoo\/status\/1818675038255530243\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Katie Woo<\/a>, Lynn was walking with \u201ca pretty noticeable limp\u201d after his historic win on Tuesday. The veteran hurler is now the 23rd pitcher to earn a victory against all 30 MLB teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lance Lynn is going on the IL with right knee inflammation <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sAkc2iiI54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sAkc2iiI54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1818697021743825305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cardinals Place Lance Lynn on 15-Day IL with Knee Inflammation<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 37-year-old Lynn has been a solid addition to the Cardinals rotation after reuniting with his former team in the offseason. A two-time All-Star, he has made 21 starts for St. Louis. He has a 4.06 ERA with 97 strikeouts over 106 \u2153 innings. MLB.com&#8217;s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Denton reported that Lynn knew his knee injury was \u201cpretty serious\u201d as he limped around the clubhouse. It&#8217;s still unclear if he had any imaging done. However, St. Louis is optimistic that Lynn can recover with rest and rehab. Lynn is just the latest injury blow to a Cardinals rotation that at one point only had four starters. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/29\/dodgers-three-team-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">newly acquired<\/a> righty <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/feddeer01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erick Fedde<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will assume Lynn&#8217;s spot in the starting rotation. Like Lynn, Fedde is having a resurgent season posting a 3.11 ERA in 21 starts with the Chicago White Sox.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/STLCards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#STLCards<\/a> manager Oli Marmol said Lance Lynn has been dealing with inflammation in his right knee over his past two starts. The club thinks rest \u2014 and not surgery \u2014 should help cure the pain in the knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Denton (@JohnDenton555) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnDenton555\/status\/1818690649576890611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pitching prospect <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=mcgree000mic&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael McGreevy<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had his contract selected on Tuesday and made his MLB debut on Wednesday. Reliever <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pallaan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andre Pallante<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was expected to return to the bullpen, but with Lynn sidelined, manager <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/marmool99.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Marmol<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could opt to keep him in the rotation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to placing Lynn on the 15-day injured list, the Cardinals made a flurry of roster moves on Wednesday. St. Louis optioned right-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roycrch01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Roycroft<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Triple-A Memphis, swapping places with right-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/loutory01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Loutos<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=bosiok000jac&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Bosiokovic<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been designated for assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a resurgent season, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn will go on the 15-day IL with right knee inflammation. Nursing a knee injury, Lynn looked good against the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers last night, tossing five innings of one-run baseball. According to The Athletic&#8217;s Katie Woo, Lynn was walking with \u201ca pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":81935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[25,1071,35],"tags":[6421,391,1764,6420,28513],"class_list":["post-81925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardinals","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andre-pallante","tag-erick-fedde","tag-lance-lynn","tag-oliver-marmol","tag-ryan-loutos"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81925","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\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}