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charlie2457
going to miss him in a Cub uniform
themed
Just another guy that couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
stevebaratta
Good luck Trevor and thanks.
While reading about him I was sorry to find this about former Cubs catcher Chris Cannizzaro.
sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-canni…
redking
He should be the last pitcher added by the Padres.
Travis’ Wood
Why? Cheap deal and if he proves he can start again he’ll have a ton of trade value. This is exactly the type of player the Padres should be adding.
petersdylan36
He means that the padres rotation is now full
davidcoonce74
No team ever has a “full” rotation. The Dodgers started last season with ten starters. They ended up trading for two starters during the season. because of injury and ineffectiveness.
zippytms
There’s depth, but there’s always room for more. Assuming Cahill slots into the rotation, this gives the team Cahill, Richard, Chacin, Friedrich, Cosart, and Clemens as starters with no minor league options. That’s six guys who, if all are healthy, either forces a roster move, a six-man rotation, or a man into the bullpen. With Richard and Cahill having extensive recent experience in that role, it’s likely that one or both becomes a swingman. That said, the chances of all six starting the season healthy aren’t great.. Behind them is a promising group of Perdomo, Zach Lee, Tyrell Jenkins, Cesar Vargas, and Walker Lockett to provide depth in AAA. I’m not feeling so scared of a dreadful rotation this year.
mcdusty31
Zach Lee has lost a lot of his promise but he definitely has the ability to turn things around if the stars line up
disgruntledreader 2
That group may be mildly interesting, but certainly not promising. And the same is true of the six guys you list above them.
This still lines up as a historically bad rotation, but now it includes guys whose names are somewhat recognizable.
YourDaddy
Recognizable doesn’t equal good. I think that if we can keep Spangy on the field and get a better defensive shortstop that these worm killer starters can keep the team ERA down pretty well. Not big on predictions, but I am pretty confident that this won’t be a historically bad rotation even in terms of team history. That 2009 starting rotation was pretty stinky. Correia, Gaudin and Geer were our #1, #2, and #3. In the 1st half they put up an ERA over 5.00. Last season the Dbacks and Twins starters put up an ERA over 5.00. These guys will do better than that. In fact I believe they will do better than the 4.61 the Padres starters put up last season.
davidcoonce74
It’s a dreadful rotation. We probably shouldn’t fool ourselves. Bad pitchers who put the ball in play plus bad defense isn’t a formula for success.
padreforlife
He’s a reliever now. Padres need bodies to stand at mound.
Traildog
Based on that collection of starters I would say they need bodies in the pen as well.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
Looks like they’re adding another veteran arm to the pile. If he doesn’t make it in the rotation, perhaps he can contribute in the bullpen.
A'sfaninUK
Damn, under $2M??? That’s low. He probably is looking to pad stats in SD’s pitchers park and hit the market next year to grab a bigger multi-year deal – especially if he can still be a SP.
chesteraarthur
Yeah, I think he was mostly looking for a team to give him sp reps, and since sd’s rotation is a dumpster fire anyway, they probably figured, “what the hell”
DeadliestCatch
Smart moves by Preller. If Chacin and Cahill have somewhat successful starts to the season padres could get a decent package back from contenders if its a sellers market like last year. By no means are any of these deals breaking the bank. And if Capps returns to dominant form Preller could get a haul for him as well.
Now just bring back Peavy and shift him to the pen. Cahill Richard Chacin Friedrich could all be traded mid season.
redsfanman
Major discount, he’s coming off a strong season and signing for cheap.
jakem59
I wouldn’t call it a strong season. His peripherals were not that impressive at all.
AddisonStreet
The results were, so who cares?
davidcoonce74
Because bad peripherals generally mean a pitcher’s results will regress,
beersy
This could be a nice pickup for the Padres if Balsley can help Cahill iron out a couple of things. With the Padres 40 man being full, with 3 rule 5 guys and a couple of lottery tickets in Lee and Jenkins, I wonder if Preller and Co. has a trade in the works? If not, I wonder who they will be taking off the 40 man roster?
davidcoonce74
I would guess they’ll try to outright someone in order to sneak Jenkins or Blash down to the minors, maybe Zach Lee.
bleacherbum
Quackenbush or Keith Hessler would be my guess.
YourDaddy
The Cubs seem to have ironed out his problems increasing his 4 seamer up in the zone and by dumping his slider and increasing use of the knucklecurve and changeup.
jakem59
he got crushed when he went up in the zone last year, almost a .400 BAA.
CNichols
By no means am I saying this rotation is going to be any good, but I am impressed that they were able to get Richard, Chacin, and now Cahil for roughly 5.25M total. Those guys plus Friedrich at around 2M and Perdomo at .5m means the starting 5 will likely make less than 8M total. Padres did a decent job of filling this rotation out on the cheap.
amendoza1539
Very true, and if even only one of them turns it around and nets us 2-3 prospects, that would be the best deal/scenario possible.
davidcoonce74
Yes, 8 million dollars for 5 replacement-level pitchers is good. But those pitchers are really bad.
steelerbravenation
I always thought Cahill would be successful under Searage in Pitt.
Cam
It’s going to be a long year for Padres fans.
formerlyz
I’d take Cahill in this situation for that deal a thousand times over what the Marlims gave Jeff Locke. Like I said, Locke should have got a NRI to ST on a minor league deal at best
Ironically Optimistic Padres Fan
Cahill is from SAN Diego County, welcome home!
Ironically Optimistic Padres Fan
The Padres should sign Phillip Rivers too! Unmechanical delivery, but we’ve seen that before.
AddisonStreet
I wish him the best, he provided a lot of solid innings the past couple of years.
pepesilvia
Why would they pay this useless jerk? Firdt lff the guy is terrible and 2nd them Padres arent going nowhere. Instead of hiring cahill they should have hired a high school pitcher and pocketed the money.
bosox90
Tell us how you really feel Pepe
bleacherbum
Hopefully the corresponding transaction to free up a spot on the 40-man is designating Kevin Quackenbush for assignment. Aside from Amarista, Quackenbush has somehow been able to slither his mediocre abilities on the roster each and every year for the past 3-4 years. So hopefully it’s bye-bye to him just like it was for the little ninja lol. The only other name on the 40 that makes sense to DFA is Keith Hessler but we shall see, he will be next to go if we indeed sign Peavy or Aybar before spring training starts.
zippytms
A trade could be another option. Agreed on Quack being the first name on the DFA order.
bleacherbum
Yeah I could see a deal to free some 40-man space as well. Quackenbush, Hessler, Blash are all guys I feel are on the end of the chopping block & could be the first to get traded or just DFA’d.
chesteraarthur
He looks like an old version of what the kid on 2 and a half men looked like when he was young.
Glad he got his chance to start, will be interested to see how he does out of the rotation
gamemusic3 2
3 5th starters for $1.75m each is an incredible deal for a rebuilding team with a chance at getting some minor trade value from them.
KB R.
Talk about a pay cut. Made $4.25M last year. hell of a deal for the Padres. He’s shown at the very least he can be a solid reliever. I was expecting him to sign elsewhere as a starter but thought for sure he’d get a 1 year deal worth about $7-8M. He was a pretty good starter from 2010-2013. He sucked in 2014. Struggled mightily with the Braves in 2015, but was pretty friggin solid since coming to the Cubs the last month+ of 2015 and all of 2016. I mean looking at what other pitchers have been fetching I find this incredibly low. Solid 4th starter for less than $2M. At least earlier in his career he posted QUALITY stuff for a 4th starter….. 2010-2013 #s: 3.72 ERA, 121 starts, 4.09 FIP, 1.31 WHIP, 6.3 K/9, 3.4 BB/9………. I’d take that from my 4th starter. I mean, sh**….. those numbers aren’t too far off what Greinke did in 2016…. if not better. If he can return to that form he is a pretty attractive trade candidate I’d imagine for a team thinking they can compete. I mean look what the Cubs got for flipping Scott Feldman (and Steve Clevenger) for in 2013 – Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop (plus cash). Feldman was nothing special….. just a decent starter. At the time Arrieta was looking pretty bad, sure. But he did have upside and even still – Pedro Strop was a pretty solid reliever for Baltimore. Him being a solid set up man was no surprise. I mean even if the Padres just flip Cahill for a long term, solid bullpen arm it’s just one less thing to worry about.
Solid move Padres. Solid move.