It's seemingly more important to the Cubs that Davies is cheaper than Darvish, who's owed $59 million through 2023. And while Davies-who's coming off a 2.73 ERA over 12 starts-is a darn good pitcher in his own right, well, he's no Darvish.
Led by Darvish's brilliant work, Cubs starters posted a sturdy 3.77 ERA, which ranked sixth in baseball.īut with Darvish joining the Padres and Jon Lester, Tyler Chatwood and Jose Quintana on the free-agent market, that particular band is pretty well broken up. Though the Cubs endured their fourth straight disappointing season in 2020, that was no fault of their starting pitching. Health permitting, that could be the best fivesome in the National League not just for 2021 but also beyond. Ever since then, he's the owner of a 2.40 ERA and superb 10.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 25 starts.īetween Darvish, Snell and Dinelson Lamet, the Padres are set to have three Cy Young-caliber starters atop a rotation that will also feature youngsters Chris Paddack and Adrian Morejon. But something clicked for the 34-year-old on July 12, 2019. Given the run he's on, that may be doubly true of Darvish.ĭarvish mostly struggled in his first year-and-a-half with the Cubs after signing a six-year, $126 million deal in February 2018. Yet Snell, who was the American League Cy Young Award winner just two years ago, is perfectly capable of making up for Davies' absence. To this end, it's not ideal that they had to subtract steady right-hander Zach Davies in their trade for Darvish.
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Especially after right-hander Mike Clevinger was sidelined for 2021 by Tommy John surgery, the Padres had a clear need to upgrade their rotation.
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