Cubs Add Pitching – Like You’ve Asked
The Chicago Cubs have reached a deal with former Pittsburgh Pirate, Trevor Williams, according to multiple sources.
Oh, by the way. My MF’ing man! Evan Altman with the scoop! Congrats bud!
Source: Former Pirates starter Trevor Williams has agreed to a major league deal with the Cubs, pending physical. Had offers from multiple teams, deal will likely include some deferred money.
— Evan Altman (@DEvanAltman) January 30, 2021
The #Cubs have agreed to a deal with free-agent pitcher Trevor Williams, according to sources. Deal is pending physical. https://t.co/QH6KtKnJTW
— Russell Dorsey (@Russ_Dorsey1) January 30, 2021
Williams has had 94-career starts, and a 4.43 ERA.
Williams will help add depth to a Cubs starting rotation that will use creativity over skill. Williams offers a fourseam fastball (92mph) and slider (83mph), also mixing in a change (85mph), sinker (90mph) and curve (78mph). His sinker acts almost like a change x 2. It generates more swings and misses than most sinkers, while his change leads to more ground balls than most others.
Trevor has spent his entire career as a Pirate, and his best season (by far) was his 2018 season where he had a 3.11 ERA, 1.178 WHIP, and a 3.78 FIP. He doesn’t work deep in games, with the most innings he’s pitched in a season being 170.2.
He will join Kyle Hendricks, Alec Mills, Zach Davies, Adbert Alzolay, Shelby Miller, Tyson Miller and a host of others in the Cubs starting rotation.
Early reports are he is signed for one year, $2.5 million.
