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Ed Lynch was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft. After three years in their farm system, the Rangers sent him to the New York Mets on September 18, 1979 as part of an earlier deal in which the Mets sent Willie Montañez to the Rangers for two players to be named later. The other player the Rangers sent the Mets was first baseman Mike Jorgensen. He made his major league debut with the Mets on August 31, 1980 .He won his first major league start on September 13 against the Chicago Cubs, snapping a thirteen-game losing streak for his club.His best season came in 1985, when he went 10–8 with a 3.44 ERA in a career high 191 innings pitched. He was a member of the 1986 World championship Mets team making only one appearance that season pitching 1.2 innings in relief in the third game of the season, when he went on the disabled list with torn cartilage in his left knee. He would go on to serve as the Chicago Cubs GM for 6 years, He joins Mark and Aj to talk about it all. Tune in eac