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Ex-Ole Miss standout Lance Lynn, making just his second spring appearance today for St. Louis, worked four innings and yielded just one hit with three strikeouts against Boston. Lynn, who has won 48 games for the Cardinals over the last three seasons, had been nursing a left hip flexor strain. … Joey Butler, a non-roster invitee in Tampa Bay’s camp, has had a nice spring. The Pascagoula native is 7-for-24 with a home run and three RBIs — but he faces stiff competition for a big league outfield job. The Rays have six outfielders on their 40-man and five of them are still in camp. The right-handed hitting Butler, 29, is 4-for-17 in his brief MLB time with Texas and St. Louis. He finished 2014 playing in Japan. … Former Pillow Academy star Louis Coleman has fared well in his fight to make Kansas City’s bullpen. The right-hander has a 3.12 ERA in 8 2/3 innings this spring. He had a rough 2014, with a 5.56 ERA, but his career mark is 3.25. … Ole Miss alum Drew Pomeranz has been tabbed by Sports on Earth as the “breakout” left-handed starter of 2015. Pomeranz, vying for a spot in Oakland’s rotation, has a 2.00 ERA in nine innings this spring. He went 5-4, 2.35 last season, working both as a starter and in relief. … Mississippi State product Jacob Lindgren, in the New York Yankees’ camp as a non-roster reliever, has impressed: no runs and nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. … Jarrod Dyson, the former Southwest Mississippi Community College star, got his first stolen base today for Kansas City.