


Mike Clevinger, acquired from Cleveland in August, isn’t expected back from Tommy John surgery until 2022, but the Padres have other quality starters in Dinelson Lamet and Chris Paddack.
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Louis in the first round before getting swept in three Division Series games by their NL West rivals, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres made the playoffs this year for the first time since 2006, but their injury-depleted rotation was in shambles when the postseason arrived. The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner was sent from the Rays to the Padres for a package of four players: right-handers Luis Patiño and Cole Wilcox, and catchers Francisco Mejía and Blake Hunt - all well-regarded youngsters from a San Diego system that’s been stocking the farm for years. San Diego also completed a big trade with Tampa Bay for Snell. He is owed $19 million in 2022 and $18 million in 2023. He has three years and $59 million left on the $126 million, six-year deal he signed with the Cubs before the 2018 season.Ĭhicago will send San Diego payments of $500,000 on the first day of each month from April through September in 2021, offsetting a portion of Darvish's $22 million salary. The 34-year-old Darvish was 8-3 with a 2.01 ERA in 12 starts for Chicago during the pandemic-shortened season, finishing second in the NL Cy Young Award race. The package of prospects headed to Chicago includes Owen Caissie, an 18-year-old outfielder who was selected by the Padres in the second round of this year's amateur draft. “I think he's been a guy that, just on his own, we feel like is a quality catching option for us.”ĭavies went 7-4 with a 2.73 ERA in 12 starts for San Diego this year. “We've had interest in Victor for a few years now,” Preller said.
