Jameson Taillon Koom nrog Chicago Cubs, ntxiv dag zog rau lawv cov ntaub ntawv rau NL Central

Cov Cubs yuav tsum tsis txhob yog ib tus neeg pw tsaug zog rau 2023, yam tsawg kawg tseem tsis tau.

Tab sis tom qab tsis khoom hnub Tuesday ntawm lub caij ntuj no cov rooj sib tham, lawv tau los ze. Raws li ntau cov ntaub ntawv Hnub Tuesday tsaus ntuj, Chicago ntxiv tus qub qub qub Jameson Taillon ntawm plaub xyoos, $ 68 lab deal.

Taillon, 31, muaj kev ua haujlwm 3.84 ERA tshaj li rau xyoo hauv kev loj nrog Pirates thiab Yankees. Lub caij dhau los tau sib cav tias yog ib qho ntawm nws qhov muaj zog tshaj plaws, thib ob tsuas yog cov lej uas nws tau tso nrog Pittsburgh hauv 2018. Rau Yankees hauv 2022, Taillon cuam 177 1/3 innings nrog sub-4.00 ERA.

Cov Cubs twb muaj kev sib hloov zoo, tam sim no los ntawm Marcus Stroman thiab cov neeg sawv cev zoo li Keegan Thompson thiab Justin Steele. Kyle Hendricks yuav tawm mus rau xyoo 2023 los ntawm lub caij nyoog rov qab-rau-rov qab wobbly. Nws tau tso 200 hits thawj zaug hauv nws txoj haujlwm hauv 2021, thiab xyoo tas los tsuas muaj peev xwm pov 84 1/3 innings. Hendricks nyuam qhuav muaj 33 xyoos, yog li yog tias nws noj qab nyob zoo dua xyoo tom ntej, nws yuav raug suav tias yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm Cubs rotation.

Taillon yog qhov tseem ceeb ntxiv rau Cubs vim nws muab cov qub tub rog ntxiv nyob rau hauv kev sib hloov. Ob leeg Thompson thiab Steele tau zoo siab rau xyoo 2022, tab sis rau ib pab neeg vam tias yuav muaj kev sib tw dua, lawv xav tau cov pitchers zoo li Tailon ib yam nkaus. Cov Cubs tau cia siab tias lawv tau txais qhov ntawd los ntawm Wade Miley lub caij dhau los, tab sis kev raug mob txwv nws mus rau yim pib.

Rau ib pab pawg Cubs uas poob 88 qhov kev ua si thiab tseem ua tiav nyob rau hauv qhov thib peb hauv lawv qhov kev faib tawm, cov haujlwm hauv lub koom haum dawb lub caij ntuj no yog ib qho kev txhawb nqa. National League Central yog ib qho ntawm cov kev faib tsis muaj zog hauv baseball, ua rau nws yooj yim dua rau cov Cubs kom dhia hla Brewers thiab txawm tias muaj peev xwm ua tau Cardinals.

St. Louis yeej 93 qhov kev ua si hauv 2022, tab sis lawv muaj qee qhov kev laus ntawm lawv daim ntawv teev npe thiab tseem tsis tau ua haujlwm hauv lub koom haum dawb lub caij ntuj no. Thiab Milwaukee tau nyob ntsiag to ib yam nkaus, ua lwm yam tshaj li kev lag luam Kolten Wong rau Mariners rau Jesse Winker thiab Abraham Toro.

Tseem muaj qhov nyob rau ntawm Cubs roster los sau - lawv kuj tau kos npe tawm tawm / thawj tus thawj coj Cody Bellinger rau hnub Tuesday - zoo li ntawm shortstop thiab qab phaj, tab sis Taillon yuav tsum ua rau Cubs muaj zog ntau pab pawg tom ntej. Ua ntej Bellinger thiab Taillon cov ntawv cog lus mus rau hauv cov phau ntawv, Cubs tau kwv yees 2023 nyiaj hli ntawm $ 155 lab, yog li tseem muaj chaw rau lawv mus txuas ntxiv mus.

Yog tias lawv tuaj yeem ntxias ib qho ntawm cov theem qis tshaj plaws los kos npe (cov lus xaiv sib txawv tau txuas lawv mus rau tag nrho peb ntawm Carlos Correa, Xander Boegarts, thiab Dansby Swanson), ces nws yuav muaj kev nyab xeeb los pib xav txog Cubs raws li lub peev xwm pw tsaug zog hauv 2023.