The Chicago Cubs need to add a pitcher by the trade deadline, and they could bring in a $13 million star.
Major League Baseball's trade deadline week has arrived, and for the Chicago Cubs, it's now time to upgrade their roster.
The Cubs made one of the biggest trades of this past offseason, acquiring Houston Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker, and he has been one of the best players in the MLB this season.
Tucker has a batting average of .274 with 18 home runs and 58 RBI in 383 at-bats and has made the Cubs one of the best teams in baseball.
Chicago has shown that it will go all in to upgrade its lineup, and now it must do the same with its pitching staff.
With only three days until the trade deadline, the Cubs need to be aggressive in trying to land a starting pitcher, and Zachary Rotman from Fansided thinks the team should try to trade for San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease.
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"This would be something, wouldn't it? Dylan Cease began his career as a Cubs farmhand before getting traded to the Chicago White Sox in the deal that sent Jose Quintana to the North Side, so watching him get dealt back to the Cubs would be a great story. Prying him away from the San Diego Padres would be tough considering they're in the postseason hunt, but not impossible," Rotman wrote. "Cubs fans might not be interested in acquiring Cease because of his 4.59 ERA, but there's reason to believe a turnaround is imminent. The right-hander's 29.6 percent strikeout rate is as high as it's been since 2022, and his 8.6 percent walk rate is just 0.1 percent shy of tying a career best mark. The home runs are up, but he also has a .323 BAbip, well above the league average of around .300. Cease's xERA is at 3.48, over a full run lower than his actual ERA, per Baseball Savant. He's had a down year in some areas, but overall, Cease has been far better than his ERA would indicate."
Cease is in the final year of $13 million contract, so if the Cubs do trade for him, he will only be on the team until the end of the season and walk next winter.
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