Trading a Cy Young-caliber starting pitcher
Originally posted on MLB Trade Rumors | By Tim Dierkes | Last updated 2/16/21 Less than three months after their first-round playoff defeat to the Marlins, the Cubs traded second place NL Cy Young finisher Yu Darvish to the Padres. This occurred after the Cubs won their division with a .567 winning percentage, which would have extrapolated to about 92 wins in a full season. I looked back through the last 20 years, and this has never been done: winning teams simply do not trade top-two Cy Young finishers. As you might expect, teams prefer not to trade ...
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