Many citizens of Cardinal Nation believe Lance Lynn is their biggest pitching concern.

If that is true, then the Cardinals don’t have much to worry about.

Lynn won 33 games the past two years, as many as Adam Wainwright. He has won more games than Reds aces Mat Latos (28), Homer Bailey (24), Johnny Cueto (24) and Mike Leake (22) during that span.

He has won more than games than any Pittsburgh or Milwaukee pitcher during the last two years too. The Brewers gave Kyle Lohse a $33 million contract after he won 30 games in a two-year span in St. Louis.

Innings-eaters have value. And Lynn pitched 377 2/3 innings the past two seasons, a big number for a franchise that has endured a string of serious starting pitching injuries.

(Remember Mark Mulder? He won 22 games in four years in St. Louis while earning about $25 million.)