Cubs trade for Kevin Gausman

[Andy]

Thought it ought to have its own thread. 

 

 

[Jason Ross]

Fun fact, combined, in their professional careers, they have zero home runs.

[JHBulls]

Imagine how excited I would be if we were in 2021. 

[Wilson A2000]

That’s a good -man for -man trade with a kicker

Edited 54 minutes ago by Wilson A2000

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Starting him on Thursday would be funny

[Rex Buckingham]

That looks like a good deal on paper 

[UMFan83]

4.1 fWAR last year, 22.7 combined the last 5 seasons.  Obviously a bit of a down year this year with regards to results but his FIP and xFIP are right in the same range as previous years and he's at 2.6 fWAR (I know pitching WAR is meh, just easy to quickly review) so there's probably some bad luck involved.  I think this is a great move.

Edited 50 minutes ago by UMFan83

[Tryptamine]

Ideally a 2nd pitcher as good or better coming

[NorthsideAvenger]

No complaints from me.

[Bertz]

Going to miss Southisene but this is a deal you *have* to pull the trigger on.  Only thing I don't like about this deal was I was hoping for a bigger deal where we get Hoffman too, though obviously this doesn't totally preclude doing that tomorrow.

I also hope now that he's in the org we get Jed to come clean about how long they've been trying to get Gausman.  I think we heard rumors as far back as '15/'16?

[Rex Buckingham]

I imagine that most pitchers will get at least a small performance bump with the Cubs defense, as long as they don't give up a Taillon-esque number of HRs

[PeanutPunch33]

This is a great move 

[CubinNY]

I love it! 

[UMFan83]

Also, Gausman's xFIP is better than anyone on the Cubs that's made a start this year except Ben Brown and Riley Martin who was an opener.

[JD94]

7 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Starting him on Thursday would be funny

He is lined up to pitch Thursday…. against the BlueJays lmao

[JHBulls]

After reading these posts, I got it wrong! Damn excited now. 

[Outshined_One]

Good trade, now go get Detmers or Kirby.

[Bertz]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

4.1 fWAR last year, 22.7 combined the last 5 seasons.  Obviously a bit of a down year this year with regards to results but his FIP and xFIP are right in the same range as previous years and he's at 2.6 fWAR (I know pitching WAR is meh, just easy to quickly review) so there's probably some bad luck involved.  I think this is a great move.

Yeah I'd say Gausman is pretty comparable to Boyd at this point.  It's not ideal that these guys are our co-aces but they're legitimate playoff caliber starters.

[Rob]

I like Bateman and Southisene, but this is a pretty small price to pay - especially considering how large an upgrade this is and how desperately we need it. 

Edited 43 minutes ago by Rob

[ILMindState]

3 minutes ago, JD94 said:

He is lined up to pitch Thursday…. against the BlueJays lmao

Pleaaaase start Taillon Blue Jays!

[Dfan25]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

Yeah I'd say Gausman is pretty comparable to Boyd at this point.  It's not ideal that these guys are our co-aces but they're legitimate playoff caliber starters.

I think they are doing something big tomorrow   , I really do . If Gausmab is the only starter they get then they will get two high leverage guys for the pen , but I think it will be another starter and 1 reliever 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

This dude's HR/9 is only 1.1, is that allowed?

[chibears55]

A rental with a 4+ ERA sounds about right 🙄

Now we can get a Gausman vs Taillon matchup on Thursday 😅

[ILMindState]

Just now, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

This dude's HR/9 is only 1.1, is that allowed?

He doesn’t sound like a culture fit. This is a huge mistake. 

[KCCub]

Ha the cat strikes again -