The St. Louis Cardinals and left-handed pitcher Tyler Lyons avoided arbitration yesterday – reportedly reaching a one-year, $1.2M deal. Yes, you read that correctly. The versatile soon-to-be 30-year-old posted a 2.83 ERA in 54 innings pitched last year. He also posted a minuscule 1.093 WHIP while striking out a whopping 11.3 per nine.
Lyons posted great numbers which resulted in a WAR of 1.2. For those of you counting at home, that is only 0.3 fewer WAR than Michael Wacha in 111 fewer innings. Opposing hitters posted a meager .