Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn speaks with the media on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, after a game vs. the Pirates at Busch Stadium. (Video by Ethan Erickson, Post-Dispatch)
The immediate decision Lance Lynn and the Cardinals had to make about his future with the club would be left up to his right knee and how uncomfortable it was when he woke up Wednesday, the veteran starter said.
The knee had a vote, and it put him back on the injured list.
The Cardinals expected that as an outcome headed into the game.
"He's pitched through real stuff this year," manager Oliver Marmol said.
Lynn's encore season with the Cardinals came to an official end Wednesday when the club placed the right-hander on the 15-day IL with inflammation in his right knee. It's a similar injury that caused him to miss about six weeks in the middle of the season.
After six strong innings Tuesday night and a victory to improve to 6-0 at Busch Stadium this season, Lynn said if he made another start for the Cardinals this season he wanted it to be at home.
The Cardinals have a $12 million option for 2025 to keep Lynn on the roster, or they can elect to pay a $1 million buyout and allow him to become a free agent. In the same story linked above, Lynn talks about the decision he'll face on whether to pitch in 2025, when he'll turn 38. The Cardinals have not made a decision on his option, though the team is indicating changes to a roster that has hovered around .500 all season.
Lynn finished the 2024 season with a 7-4 record and a 3.84 ERA in 23 starts.
His win on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh meant that, in his 100th career appearance at Busch Stadium, Lynn got his 46th win here. This season, he reached 2,000 strikeouts in his career as well as 2,000 innings. A thousand of those innings have come with the Cardinals, the team that drafted him out of Ole Miss in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft and debuted him in the majors three years later for a team bound for a World Series championship.
McGreevy, 24, was scratched from his scheduled start Tuesday for Class AAA Memphis.
The right-hander impressed earlier this season in a spot start for the big league Cardinals. He allowed one run on five hits through seven innings, and he earned the win in his major league debut. In 27 starts for the Triple-A Redbirds, McGreevy went 9-8 with a 4.02 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 150 innings.
The Cardinals' first-round pick in 2021, McGreevy has gone 8-2 with a 2.80 ERA in his past 17 starts for Memphis.
He has 97 strikeouts in 99â…” innings in that span.
The Cardinals announced Andre Pallante will start Sunday's game, the regular season home finale. McGreevy will spend the coming games in the bullpen, and he will be considered for a start during next week's closing road trip.