White Sox, Lynn agree to 2-year, $38M extension
The Chicago White Sox and right-hander Lance Lynn agreed to a two-year, $38-million contract extension, which includes a club option for the 2024 season, the team announced Saturday.
White Sox announce they’ve extended All-Star Lance Lynn for $38M over 2 years plus a team option. Lynn gets $18.5M per year, and the option is for $18M with a $1M buyout. There are also bonuses for Cy Young finishes 1, 2 and 3. Lynn would have been a free agent.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 17, 2021
Lynn, who would've hit free agency after the 2021 campaign, is having a career season. He owns a 1.99 ERA with 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings across 16 starts (90 2/3 innings), and he was named an All-Star for the second time in 10 seasons.
"There's a window here to win. I wanted to be here and to be wanted here, it's an awesome feeling," Lynn said Saturday, according to Scot Gregor of the Daily Herald.
He added: "There's no point going into free agency if you know where you want to be."
The 34-year-old is in his first year with the White Sox after an offseason trade from the Texas Rangers. He finished in the top six in American League Cy Young voting in 2019 and 2020.
Lynn has accrued a 3.48 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, and 1,520 strikeouts across 1,517 1/3 innings with the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Rangers, and White Sox.