Headlines

  • Luis Gil To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
  • Orioles To Promote Adley Rutschman
  • Carter Kieboom To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
  • Cardinals To Promote Nolan Gorman, Matthew Liberatore; Tyler O’Neill To IL
  • Max Scherzer Likely Out Six To Eight Weeks Due To Oblique Strain
  • Chris Paddack Undergoes Tommy John Surgery
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • Top 50 Free Agents
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2022
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Arbitration Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Cubs In Discussions With Drew Smyly

By Anthony Franco | March 18, 2022 at 3:55pm CDT

The Cubs are “deep in discussions” with free agent Drew Smyly, reports Bruce Levine of 670 The Score (on Twitter). If a deal were to get across the finish line, it’d technically mark Smyly’s second stint as a Cub. The left-hander signed with Chicago over the 2017-18 offseason, but he missed the entire season due to injury and was traded to the Rangers the following winter.

Smyly has bounced between four clubs in the three years since. He split the 2019 campaign between Texas and Philadelphia. After a terrible start to the year with the Rangers, he bounced back to provide the Phils with capable back-of-the-rotation production. The Giants signed Smyly that winter, and while he only worked 26 1/3 innings during the shortened schedule, he struck out an incredible 37.8% of opposing hitters.

That small-sample performance intrigued the Braves enough they rolled the dice on an $11MM guarantee for Smyly last offseason. He didn’t sustain the huge spike in whiffs, though, as his strikeout rate fell to a slightly below-average 21.4% mark. That was much more in line with his career rate, and Smyly struggled to keep the ball in the yard en route to a 4.48 ERA. He did make 29 appearances (including 23 starts) for the World Series champs, absorbing 126 2/3 innings.

There hasn’t been much buzz since Smyly hit the open market this time around, but he’s one of the more accomplished arms remaining in a free agent rotation class that has thinned out. The 32-year-old owns a 4.18 ERA in 837 1/3 innings over parts of eight big league seasons. He’s a generally productive back-end starter who has shown flashes of mid-rotation or better upside during his career. The Cubs don’t have a ton of certainty in the rotation beyond the top trio of Marcus Stroman, Kyle Hendricks and Wade Miley — particularly with righty Adbert Alzolay missing at least the first two months of the season.

Share 0 Retweet 4 Send via email0

Chicago Cubs Drew Smyly

Cubs Place Adbert Alzolay On 60-Day Injured List
Main
Astros Outright Jairo Solis
View Comments (32)

Comments

  1. vtncsc

    2 months ago

    Be interesting to see what he gets in terms of $.

    Reply
    • All Yellon

      2 months ago

      As always, we await developments.

      Reply
    • unclemike1525

      2 months ago

      Rather have Smyly than Mills. Whenever I see Mills I think of the Goalie from Slapshot. Achh, The hair here make we wanna puke, Agggghhhh

      Reply
      • Cmurphy

        2 months ago

        Who are you talking about? Mills’ hair is close cropped and he has minimal facial hair. As for performance, when he is on, he’s on. That no-hitter was a great game.

        Reply
        • unclemike1525

          2 months ago

          Wow. I can’t believe what i just read. Translation: You never saw Slapshot. The Goalie was Canadian. Hair here is Canadian for Air. They played for the Charlestown Chiefs- A steel mill town. So pollution, Get it? As for Mills he blows. He makes me wanna puke.

  2. matthew07

    2 months ago

    no thank you

    Reply
  3. forwhomjoshbelltolled

    2 months ago

    The Cubs are “deep in discussions” with free agent southpaw Drew Smyly, reports Bruce Levine of 670 The Score…

    Art history?
    12th century architecture?
    How to create offramps for Putin in Ukraine?
    The merits of daylight savings time?
    NFL free agency?

    Reply
    • The Natural

      2 months ago

      They’ll sign him almost certainly. They had him a few years ago and paid him to rehab. I think they released him and he eventually landed with Atlanta

      And iirc, they paid him quite a lot to rehab

      Reply
      • Cmurphy

        2 months ago

        They did pay him a lot to rehab. He was actually traded to the Rangers for a PTBNL. Don’t recall hearing who they actually got.

        Reply
        • st3

          2 months ago

          It was to offset exercising the option on Cole Hamels, the buyout was structured in the trade the previous season to be paid by Texas.

  4. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    2 months ago

    11-4 with a 4.48. How is that a no thank you?

    Reply
    • 619bird

      2 months ago

      He’d rather add another bullpen arm. lol

      Yeah you can’t get choosy at this point.

      Reply
    • The Natural

      2 months ago

      And his xfip and Sierra pretty much match his era..hard hit rate seems good too.

      Reply
  5. Cohn Joppolella

    2 months ago

    Guy Smyly

    Reply
    • dray16

      2 months ago

      came here for this

      Reply
    • TrueOutcomeFan

      2 months ago

      Fantastic screen name.

      Reply
  6. Rangers29

    2 months ago

    Deep discussions? Like about the meaning of life?

    Reply
    • gbs42

      2 months ago

      Crinkle or curly fries.

      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        2 months ago

        it’s good to spice it up and swap em from time to time.

        Reply
      • The Natural

        2 months ago

        Toilet paper out the back or pulled from front..or as they say in Vegas: over/under

        Reply
  7. stymeedone

    2 months ago

    I wouldn’t mind seeing him come back to Detroit for the 5th starter role.

    Reply
  8. Dusty Baker's tooth pick.

    2 months ago

    He wouldn’t be a bad signing for the cubs. He wasn’t a terrible 5th starter for atl.

    Reply
  9. bucknerkingmansutter

    2 months ago

    Miley & Smyly in the same rotation?

    Reply
    • Rsox

      2 months ago

      I sort of wish there was a Cyrus floating around the league somewhere…

      Reply
    • ahh

      2 months ago

      Now they need to trade for Austin Riley.

      Reply
  10. lady1959

    2 months ago

    Dang that sounds serious. Deep discussions. It’s just mumbo jumbo by a writer. ⚾️

    Reply
  11. Rsox

    2 months ago

    Will he sign a two year contract? One year to get paid and the other to make up for the year the paid him and he never ended up playing for them?

    Reply
  12. DavidTheDavid

    2 months ago

    Excuse me, but this should read Mariners Legend Drew Smyly

    Reply
  13. bravesfan

    2 months ago

    Cubs hit rock bottom?

    Reply
    • Curveball1984

      2 months ago

      They realize how raw & young their pitching core is. They’re just trying to add veteran depth pieces.

      Reply
  14. paindonthurt

    2 months ago

    This is a long discussion. Probably has something to do with March Madness.

    Reply
  15. cubbiemike

    2 months ago

    Smyly better than Mills

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Luis Gil To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

    Orioles To Promote Adley Rutschman

    Carter Kieboom To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

    Cardinals To Promote Nolan Gorman, Matthew Liberatore; Tyler O’Neill To IL

    Max Scherzer Likely Out Six To Eight Weeks Due To Oblique Strain

    Chris Paddack Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

    Brandon Lowe Diagnosed With Stress Reaction, Shut Down For At Least Three Weeks

    DeGrom MRI Reveals “Continued Healing”; Still No Clear Timetable For Return

    Boras: Michael Conforto Not Ruling Out Late-Season Return

    Mariners Option Jarred Kelenic, Claim Adrian Sampson

    Kumar Rocker Signs With Frontier League’s Tri-City ValleyCats

    Dodgers Place Clayton Kershaw On Injured List

    Bryce Harper Has Tear In UCL, Won’t Throw For Four Weeks

    Padres Sign Robinson Cano

    Gerardo Parra Retires

    Recent

    Rockies Reinstate Kris Bryant

    Luis Gil To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

    Yankees Place Chad Green On IL With Elbow Strain

    Offseason In Review: New York Mets

    Orioles To Promote Adley Rutschman

    Angels, Grant Dayton Nearing Deal

    Boone: Luis Gil Dealing With “Significant” Arm Injury

    Twins Outright Jharel Cotton

    Injury Notes: Wade, E-Rod, Skubal, Murphy

    Daulton Jefferies Diagnosed With Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Trevor Story Rumors
    • Frankie Montas Rumors
    • Michael Conforto Rumors
    • Arbitration Tracker
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • MLB Player Chats
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Top 50 Free Agents
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2022
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version