Predicting the fates of 7 Cardinals players, 2 coaches, and 1 executive after 2024

Lance Lynn will retire.

Lance Lynn is 37. He's played major league baseball for 13 years with a total of six different organizations. He has two All-Star appearances and a World Series ring in his collection. Luckily, he was able to play the 2024 season -- perhaps his last one -- with the same team that gave him a shot back in 2011. I would not be surprised to hear that Lance Lynn will retire after this season, especially considering his shoulder inflammation after Tuesday night's start.

Lance Lynn was drafted by the Cardinals in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft 39th overall. He debuted as a starter on June 2nd, 2011, and he was a part of that team's magical World Series run that same year. He has played for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers throughout his career. He's had a great career as a starting pitcher in baseball.

This year, Lynn has a 3.84 ERA in 117.1 innings pitched. He's struck out 109 batters as well, and he surpassed the 2,000-strikeout mark for his career two starts ago.

When asked after Tuesday night's game if he has considered calling it quits, Lynn was noncommittal. "I never want to stop pitching. I know that there is going to come a time where that is going to happen. I haven't really thought about it, but it's a part of getting old," said Lynn. If this was your last start at Busch Stadium, you don't want to lose. That was simple."

Lynn hasn't spoken about retirement, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Tuesday was his last start as a professional athlete.