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By Zach Pressnell
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The Chicago Cubs need to add starting pitching as badly as any team in baseball. They needed to add pitching before the season began, but they didn't make enough moves to patch the holes. This offseason, the Cubs' need for a starting pitcher or two has done nothing but grow larger.
The Cubs lost their ace, Shota Imanaga, to free agency after they declined a fifth-year option and he opted out of his deal. Chicago is going to need to spend big to replace Imanaga this winter.
Sportsnaut's Matt Johnson recently predicted the Cubs would land superstar ace Dylan Cease from the San Diego Padres this winter. Cease is projected to sign a massive $187 million deal, per Jim Bowden of The Athletic.
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"With the Chicago Cubs losing Kyle Tucker in our MLB free agency predictions and Shota Imanaga hitting the open market, there’s money to spend on a front-line starter," Johnson wrote. "Dylan Cease posted a 4.55 ERA and 1.33 WHIP last season in San Diego, but his 89th percentile strikeout rate, 95th percentile Whiff rate (33.4 percent), and a 3.43 expected ERA demonstrate why he’s a much better pitcher than that. The 6-foot-2 righty returns to the team that drafted him over one decade ago, finally becoming a front-line starter in the Cubs rotation."
Cease is the perfect addition for the Cubs.
He's one of the better strikeout starting pitchers in baseball. He has the velocity and stuff to pitch against the best teams in the league. Chicago has the money to make a real effort at Cease, too.
The Cubs will almost certainly land one of the best pitchers in the free agent pool this winter. Cease makes as much sense as any pitcher on the market.
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