Rangers sign Lance Lynn - 3 years, $30 million

[Eye Black]

The Rangers have signed Lance Lynn for 3 years and $30 million.

 

There seems to now be a run on free agent starting pitchers (i.e. Lynn, Morton, likely Happ today, and obviously Corbin and Eovaldi previously).

[KCBrewerfan34]

I would immediately fire that Ranger GM. This is just gross!!

[Eye Black]

Much was made of Lynn not being able find a multi-year deal last offseason, but between the $12 million he made last year and this $30 million deal he has done just fine. Basically now guaranteed a total of at least $42 million since his time with the Cardinals ended.

[StearnsFTW]

Yeah, that seems terrible for the Rangers.

[SRB]

Lynn wasn't bad last year. This seems reasonable for a 31-year-old proven SP.

[wallus]

If this is the market for free agent pitching, let's sit this one out.

[JohnBriggs12]

If this is the market for free agent pitching, let's sit this one out.

 

James Shields logged 204 innings last year which was tied for 3rd in the AL and he was better than Lynn pitching in the same division for most of the year. I'll bet he could be had for one year at $10 million or 2 for $15.

[anglotiger]

This deal makes the Morton one look even better...

[SRB]

This deal makes the Morton one look even better...

 

37 year old Charlie Morton versus 33 year old Lance Lynn sounds like a tossup to me.

 

I'm glad the Brewers didn't do this, don't get me wrong

[wallus]

If this is the market for free agent pitching, let's sit this one out.

 

James Shields logged 204 innings last year which was tied for 3rd in the AL and he was better than Lynn pitching in the same division for most of the year. I'll bet he could be had for one year at $10 million or 2 for $15.

 

James Shields would not be an improvement over what we have. I have no idea why you like him so much.

[anglotiger]

This deal makes the Morton one look even better...

 

37 year old Charlie Morton versus 33 year old Lance Lynn sounds like a tossup to me.

 

I'm glad the Brewers didn't do this, don't get me wrong

 

I have a lot more confidence in Morton (and I felt like his stuff would work well in Miller Park) than I do in Lynn right now, and three years for Lynn? Yikes.

 

Of course, take this opinion with a grain of salt - I liked Alex Cobb last off-season, and we saw how that turned out...

[TooLiveBrew]

Lynn wasn't bad last year. This seems reasonable for a 31-year-old proven SP.

He was fine in 54 IP with the Yankees, but his 102 IP with the Twins were pretty bad

[Mr Southpaw]

Standing still and doing nothing is looking pretty good.

[JosephC]

Lynn had a horrible, horrible month of April and was much better after that. 4.13 ERA from the beginning of May forward. I've also seen some numbers which indicate he may have been a bit better than the 4.13 ERA indicates. For example, his ERA with the Yankees was 4.14, but his FIP was 2.17 and he had a K/BB ratio of 4.4 after the trade was made.

 

I think the Rangers would have been better served to keep this at 2 years to protect themselves a bit, but maybe Lynn's representation had their heels dug on a 2 year, 25 million deal and the Rangers then figured the third year would only cost them 5 million more. I don't think this is an unreasonable deal considering the Rangers are a team that can operate at 150+ million per season, only have 2 other contracts on the books for over 10 million per season, and don't figure to have big arbitration spending in the next 2 or 3 years.

[jjfanec]

I think Miley is going to get more than people expect with some of the contracts that have been thrown out there