It seems they aren’t much as deal-makers, either. Win, no. Capitulate, yes. By trading ace Yu Darvish to the Padres, they’ve thrown in the towel. They’ve waved the white flag and not the kind with a big, blue, beautiful “W” on it. They’ve closed the winning window, latched it and boarded it up. Hey, isn’t this fun? Related No, it isn’t. How sad, truly. It’s always sad when a great team is pulled apart, and the Cubs did indeed touch greatness. It didn’t last. They didn’t maintain it to the extent many of us believed they would. They touched it, though drank it in, luxuriated in it and it was quite something for the rest of us to behold. But these things don’t end well, ever, and the Cubs of Theo Epstein, who is gone, and Joe Maddon, who is gone, and Darvish, who is gone, are no exception.
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Send righthander Yu Darvish and catcher Victor Caratini to San Diego
December 30th, 2020
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CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today acquired right-handed pitcher Zach Davies, minor league infielders Reginald Preciado and Yeison Santana, and minor league outfielders Owen Caissie and Ismael Mena for right-handed pitcher Yu Darvish, catcher Victor Caratini and a cash consideration.
Davies, 27, is 50-36 with a 3.79 ERA (288 ER/683.2 IP) in 123 career major league starts in all or part of six seasons with Milwaukee (2015-19) and San Diego (2020). Since the start of the 2017 campaign, he ranks tied for eighth among N.L. right-handed pitchers with 36 victories while his 3.74 ERA ranks 10th. Davies has won 10 or more games three times (2016-17, 2019 with Milwaukee) and twice made 30 or more starts (2017, 2019).
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Officially Official: Cubs Trade Darvish, Caratini and Cash to San Diego for Davies and a Package of Prospects
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Officially Official: Cubs Trade Darvish, Caratini and Cash to San Diego for Davies and a Package of Prospects
I’m not going to re-litigate the merits of this deal, bid farewell to Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini, or discuss the market fallout of trading another ace to San Diego. We’ve done all of that already today (and probably have more of it to go in the coming days and weeks ahead). Instead, I just want you to know that the deal is officially official (all the players exactly as already known), now reported by the Cubs, themselves.