In the trade, the Friars also added catcher Victor Caratini, who worked closely with Darvish while in Chicago. If the Cubs do end up moving Darvish for anything less than a monster return and it’s essentially a cost-cutting move, it would be completely indefensible. After moves to land Blake Snell and Ha-Seong Kim, San Diego finalized a seven-player deal sending right-hander Yu Darvish from the Cubs to the Padres on Tuesday night. Time will tell whether there’s meat on this bone, which seemed a little far-fetched at first but grows less so with each report. Overall, he finished 16-8 with a 3.10 ERA. After all, what was the earlier report from Jon Morosi about Darvish being “fairly priced to market” if not a way to entice the Rays from afar? Darvish led the Padres in wins (16) and strikeouts (197) last season, his second with the Padres after being acquired in a 2020 trade with the Cubs.
This could simply be a matter of driving up the bidding for other potentially interested parties, which would make sense for a Padres team that appears to be willing to engage in a little gamesmanship.
Gore is projected by many to be part of San Diego’s rotation in 2021, not exactly the kind of pitcher a contender would look to move. Swinging a deal with the Cubs would almost certainly have to include at least one of those remaining top pitching prospects, notably MacKenzie Gore, so there’s reason to be skeptical about this. SAN DIEGO Yu Darvish is a through line between two eras of Chicago Cubs baseball, the All-Star pitcher signed to a six-year, 126 million contract when the big-market franchise hoped to become.
If the deal is completed, multiple players would head to Chicago. And here’s more from The Athletic’s Padres reporter Dennis Lin, who also cites Chicago-based colleagues Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma.Įven after landing Blake Snell, the Padres are deep into talks to acquire Yu Darvish from the Cubs, sources tell and me.
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