Lance Lynn Can Block Trades To 10 Teams

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Lance Lynn Can Block Trades To 10 Teams 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:41 pm

Lance Lynn could be on the move ahead of the trade deadline, but the veteran pitcher has a no-trade clause that he can use to block a deal to 10 teams.

According to sources, Lynn can veto a trade that would send him to the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets and Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays.

Lynn\'s contract also carries an $18.5 million club option for 2024.

Via Ken Rosenthal/The Athletic

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Re: Lance Lynn Can Block Trades To 10 Teams 

Post#2 » by Parataxis » Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:49 pm

Clever of Lynn there. Rather than choosing (presumably at the start of the season, or similar?) the teams that he definitely didn't want to go to, choose those that are likely to be contenders, which gives him way more bargaining power in approving a trade.

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