I know what you’re thinking about Lance Lynn. I know, because I’m thinking the same thing.
Lynn’s numbers aren’t that comforting, and I get that. A 5.10 ERA, 4.73 FIP and almost six walks per nine innings doesn’t appear, at face value, to be a move that’s the difference between winning the AL East and taking the Wild Card. The truth is, though, that’s not why Brian Cashman traded for Lynn. His only job with the Yankees, as best as we can tell, is to shore up the positions where one can never have too much depth.