MLB commercial rumors: Yu Darvish is heading to the San Diego Padres of the Chicago Cubs in a seven-player deal, according to several reports. The former Ranger star is being sent, along with Victor Caratini, his personal catcher, to the Fathers in exchange for starting pitcher Zach Davies and four secondary league players, three of whom have never played in a professional game, while the fourth has not appeared. above the complex alloy.
We’ve talked about Darvish before – he was great in Texas, so he had Tommy John’s surgery, it wasn’t that good after he came back, he was negotiated with the Dodgers in the 2017 trade deadline, launched well for them and was swung two Houston Astros in the World Series. The Cubs signed a six-year contract with him, Yu was not good in 2018, didn’t start well in 2019, had a strong second half and was great in 2020.
AJ Preller was in Texas and actively involved in landing the Rangers in Yu. Darvish owes $ 59 million over the next three years, which is reasonable money for a rotating holder, but he is also 34 and a lot of mileage. Like Blake Snell, which the Fathers also acquired today, it offers many advantages, but also a little risk.
The return to the Cubs is curious. They take Zach Davies, a right-handed player who turns 28 in February, usually has a 2-3 win per season, and hits the free agent market after 2021. He takes Yu’s place in the rotation for a year.
They also receive minor leagues Owen Caissie, Reggie Preciado, Ismael Mena and Yeison Santana. Caissie is an outfielder who was chosen for the Padres’ second round in 2020 in Burlington, Ontario. He doesn’t turn 19 before July, so he’s young, even for a high school recruit. Preciado is a shortstop that signed for $ 1.2 million in the 2019-20 J-2 class, while Mena is a central defender who received a $ 2.2 million bonus in the same class. Santana is a field player who illuminated AZL at the age of 19 in 2019.
While the initial reaction is that the return is light, the Cubs have achieved two of the best signers of the Fathers of the last J-2 class, as well as their second round of 2020 – the equivalent of Rangers splitting from Bayron Lora, Maximo Acosta and Evan Carter, before going into the other two pieces.