7 years agoMinnesota Twins starting pitcher Lance Lynn had a tough time signing in free agent, but looks to find a home with an emerging Twins team. Lynn was 11-8 with a 3.43 ERA last season, leading the league with 33 games started, showing that he can again be a workhorse after Tommy John surgery took away his 2016 season. While Lynn did not have the 2.87 ERA that he had in the two seasons prior to surgery, Lynn's 1.23 WHIP in 2017 was the lowest of his career, as he only allowed 151 hits. He had an inflated walk rate (3.8 per nine) and he also allowed 27 home runs last season, 11 more than his previous career-high in 2012. While some of these statistics look good, Lynn also was helped by a .214 batting average against and .244 BABIP that was not supported by his 29.2% hard hit rate. Continuing with the mixed view of 2017, Lynn had a ground ball rate of 44% (right near his 44.3% career rate), but had a jump in fly ball rate (36.2%) and HR/FB (14.2%). While his hard hit ball rate was poor, his soft hit ball rate (21.1%) was much better than his 18.9% career average and his contact percentage was down to 79.6% from 81.4% in 2014 and 80.8% in 2015.  Lynn looks like he might be a good fit for the Twins, who may put him in a decent spot for wins, but he is a high-floor SP4 at best.--Chris Zolli