Ex-World Series champion pitcher announces his retirement

A former MLB All-Star pitcher has decided to call it a career.

Lance Lynn has announced his retirement from baseball. The 37-year-old shared the news during the latest episode of his wife’s “Dymin in the Rough” podcast, which was released on Tuesday.

Lynn pitched 14 seasons in the majors, most recently with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2024. That was Lynn’s second stint with the Cardinals, who selected the right-hander in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft.

Lynn made his MLB debut in 2011. He posted a 3.12 ERA across 18 appearances that season, two of which were starts. He then made the postseason roster and appeared in 10 playoff games during the Cardinals’ World Series championship run.

In 2012, Lynn became a full-time starter for St. Louis. He made his first All-Star appearance after a strong first half in which he went 11-4 with a 3.41 ERA across 17 starts.

Lynn spent the first six MLB seasons of his career with the Cardinals, though he missed all of 2016 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He went on to have brief stints with the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers before returning to St. Louis for his final season in 2024.

Lynn made his second All-Star appearance in 2021, when he went 11-6 with a career-best 2.69 ERA in 28 starts with the White Sox.

In total, Lynn went 143-99 with a 3.74 ERA across 364 career appearances.