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Cardinals To Issue Qualifying Offer To Lance Lynn

By Jeff Todd | November 6, 2017 at 4:09pm CDT

The Cardinals will issue a qualifying offer to righty Lance Lynn, MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch reports on Twitter. He’ll have ten days to weigh the $17.4MM offer.

Expectations long have been that Lynn would receive a QO from the Cards — and that he’d ultimately reject it. We’ll have to wait a while to learn his decision, but given his apparent expectations in free agency it seems all but a foregone conclusion that he’ll choose to hit the open market.

Lynn’s decision is eased by the new rules governing the qualifying offer. Teams weighing a signing won’t need to worry about punting a first-round pick, as would have been the case in prior years. The hope and expectation is that the rule change will tamp down on the market difficulties faced by some non-star veterans in the past.

As we discussed in our ranking of the top fifty free agents, Lynn figures to land one of the ten largest contracts of the winter. But our prediction (four years and $56MM) probably seems light if you focus on the positives — namely, a shiny 3.38 career ERA over 977 2/3 innings. That reflects some concerns about the sustainability of that output as Lynn enters his thirties.

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  1. EndinStealth

    3 years ago

    This is the right move. He will obviously turn it down, but even if he accepts it 17 million is not an over pay.

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  2. Dotnet22

    3 years ago

    5 years 85 MM

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  3. jfive

    3 years ago

    wouldnt shock me to see the cubs fill arrieta’s spot with a similar statistical arm albiet cheaper price tag like lynn

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    • Mikel Grady

      3 years ago

      Agreed

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  4. Lanidrac

    3 years ago

    People keep mentioning those career high walk and homer rates as reasons to expect less from Lynn going forward, but they fail to mention the fact that those unusual peripherals were posted in his first year back from Tommy John Surgery (not to mention that homer rates were significantly up across the board this year). I see no reason he can’t return back to his 2013-2015 form as an excellent #2 starter. I see him getting at least $80M over 4 years.

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    • Teufelshunde4

      3 years ago

      No reason to think Lynn can’t get 18 to 20 million for 4 or 5 yr deals.
      Solid # 3 starter period

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    • Teufelshunde4

      3 years ago

      18 to 20 mil per season

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  5. Birdwatcher

    3 years ago

    Stl PD has him at 5/90 mil ish. MLBTR said 4/56mil. Answer is probably in the middle. 5/80mil or 4/65mil. Unfortunately, the small bears will probably be all over the 4/65 offer. Good pitcher. Solid #3.

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  6. Kane

    3 years ago

    A lot of people wouldn’t agree with me but I feel there is a chance he accepts the QO.

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  7. bigcheesegrilledontoast

    3 years ago

    I think the Cardinals will offer 3 years at 48m. Lynn should take it.

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  8. bigcheesegrilledontoast

    3 years ago

    Martinez Reyes Weaver Lynn Wainwright Wacha.
    Flaherty gets traded in the Stanton deal. Surplus outfielders get traded for bullpen arms.

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  9. Fireball7764

    3 years ago

    Noooooo keep all our starting pitchers

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