The Yankees acquire Lance Lynn from Twins for Tyler Austin, Luis Rijo

The Yankees acquired right-handed starter Lance Lynn of the Twins for first-baseman Tyler Austin and right-handed minor leagues Luis Rijo. Jon Heyman of Fancred and Joel Sherman of the New York Post first revealed the case Monday evening:

Lynn, who was a shock raiser in the 2011 Cardinals World Series championship team, is expected to begin his Yankees career in the bullpen for a team that already has a complete rotation with Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia, Sonny Gray, and the newly acquired JA Happ. Although Gray posted a 3.44 and 1.26 ERA in July, Lynn provided New York with extra protection for the reverse of the rotation if Gray had a recurrence of his first-period bouts.

Although Lynn has entered the offseason He has had trouble this season after signing with the Twins – the first new organization for which he has played since he was drafted by the Cardinals in 2008. Lynn, who has a 3.54 MMP and a 1.32 WHIP of seven seasons -league, posted the worst career numbers in virtually every category this year. More than 20 starts (102.1 innings), he has a 5.10 MPM, a 1.63 WHIP, 100 strikeouts and 62 steps. [Austin9005] Austin, the Yankees' first baseball player this year, did not have much of a role in New York and he became particularly devastating over the weekend after the Yankees acquired the first right-handed player Luke Voit . cardinals. In 132 league games this season, Austin posted a .223 / .280 / .471 slash with eight home runs. Coming into play on Monday, he had a .247 / .311 / .495 line with five home runs in more than 106 appearances at Triple-A Scranton / Wilkes-Barre.

The acquisition of Austin could increase the odds that the Twins decide not to re-sign Joe Mauer after this season, although Austin could also be a cheaper (and probably more effective) replacement for DH Logan Morrison while spelling Mauer early as Morrison has this year. With the acquisition of Austin, it will be interesting to see how the Twins handle Morrison the rest of the time – he is signed for a one year contract, but has a club option for 2019 that is devoted to 500 appearances of plate.

19 Rijo posted a 2.77 and 1.15 WHIP ERA with 32 strikeouts and three walks in 39 innings in seven appearances (five starts) split between High-A Tampa, Staten Island A short-season and Advanced Rookie Pulaski. season. He was not ranked among the top 30 hopes of the Yankees by MLB Pipeline.

Although they had one of the strongest pitching teams in the majors this year – especially in the paddock – the Yankees were obviously not content with the group. they had their heads in the stretched race. Since last Tuesday, they added Lynn, Happ and Zach Britton by subtracting Chasen Shreve and Adam Warren as well as the minor leagues Giovanny Gallegos and Caleb Frare.