Starting Pitcher Lance Lynn announced his retirement from Major League Baseball today. The veteran spent the 2024 MLB season with the St. Louis Cardinals posting a 3.84 ERA across 117 innings. The 6-foot-5 righty retires after spending seasons with the Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and some infamous postseason performances. He was selected by St. Louis in the 2008 MLB Draft and spent 13 seasons in the majors. The Indianapolis, Indiana native made his MLB debut on June 2, 2011, for the World Series Champion Cardinals.
Lance Lynn Makes Announcement on Wife’s Podcast
“Baseball season is upon us, and I’m right here on the couch,” said Lynn on the podcast, Dymin in the Rough, hosted by his wife Dymin Lynn. “That’s where I’m going to stay. I am officially retired from baseball.” Lynn and Dymin have been married since 2020, and he has a daughter from a previous marriage. He retired at the age of 37. Lynn was 5-5 with an ERA of 5.64 in his career in the postseason. The ERA was well above his regular season. Despite growing up in Indiana, Lynn was a New York Yankees fan in his younger years.
Lynn’s Career Accomplishments
Lynn’s three-year peak from 2019-2021 saw him finish in the top 3 in Wins Above Replacement for pitchers and earn Cy Young votes each year. He had a career-low 2.66 ERA in his 2021 season. The former Ole Miss Rebel set school records for strikeouts in a single season and a career in Oxford.
Lynn made the All-Star Game twice in 2012 and 2021. He leaves the game after compiling a career record of 143-99 with an ERA of 3.74 ERA and 2,015 strikeouts. He had a career-high in strikeouts in a single game on June 18, 2023, against the Seattle Mariners with 16, tying the White Sox franchise record.
Final Thoughts
His Major League Baseball career is quite accomplished. That said, it’s not as if he’s going into the Baseball Hall of Fame anytime soon. He’ll always be remembered as a St. Louis Cardinal, a capable and crafty pitcher who can fill out the No. 2 or 3 spot in a playoff rotation.
Despite some of his struggles in the postseason across his career, he is a World Series champion. It would not be surprising to see him honored by the Cardinals in some fashion during the 2025 baseball season. It could be argued the last appearance in the 2023 NLDS for the Los Angeles Dodgers completely changed the face of baseball causing the Dodgers’ ownership to spend like mad.
