Chicago White Sox transfer on Dylan Stop. The group traded Stop to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, Yahoo Sports' Russell Dorsey confirmed.
Again to the White Sox, they may supply prospects Drew Thorpe and Jairo Iriarte, outfielder Samuel Zavala and reliever Steven Wilson. the team later announced. MLB Pipeline ranks Thorpe No. 5 in San Diego's system, Zavala No. 7 and Iriarte No. eight. Thorpe can also be ranked No. 85 in baseball. Wilson owns a three.48 ERA in 106 profession innings over two seasons for the Padres.
Changing into a Padre has at the least a really fast impression for Stop: The Group was scheduled to fly to South Korea on Wednesday for the season-opening two video games in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers subsequent week. Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove have already been named the possible starters for these video games.
The transfer indicators extra adjustments for the White Sox, who fired former normal supervisor Rick Hahn and vp Kenny Williams in August. Chris Getz, who performed for the White Sox for 2 years earlier than becoming a member of the group's entrance workplace after retiring, was promoted to exchange Hahn in late August.
The transfer marks the most important commerce — and arguably the most important resolution — that Getz has made since taking the reins. He additionally declined an choice on shortstop Tim Anderson in November and purchased 5 gamers from the Atlanta Braves for reliever Aaron Bummer later that month. However cease buying and selling is a complete different stage of buying and selling.
Dylan Stop discovered stardom with the White Sox
Stop emerged as one of many largest success tales within the White Sox group throughout the newest rebuild. After posting a 5.79 ERA as a rookie, Stop steadily improved earlier than breaking out in a significant means in 2022. That season, he posted a 2.20 ERA in 32 begins, struck out 227 of batters in 184 innings and completed second in AL Cy Younger voting to Justin Verlander.
Stop skilled regression in 2023, posting a four.58 ERA in 177 innings and did not garner a single Cy Younger vote because the White Sox collapsed once more within the common season.
All through his profession, Stop has placed on dynamite stuff, however has struggled to place his arsenal collectively. Even in 2022, when he practically gained the Cy Younger Award, he led the league in walks. Nonetheless, his potential stays excessive, which is why he has attracted curiosity this offseason. With the suitable changes, Stop can return to a Cy Younger stage. And if he could make strides together with his management, he may even surpass his 2022 ranges.
Given his potential and contract scenario (Stop is below group management by 2025), the White Sox thought now was the most effective time to make a deal. The Padres have Stop below contract for 2 seasons, and if issues go nicely, they will use that point to work out an extension.
The Padres are attempting to remain aggressive within the NL West
A commerce for Stop looks like a basic Padres transfer, at the least from the group's final period. Nonetheless, occasions have modified considerably.
San Diego has greater than its justifiable share of stars, however faces a climb in an NL West that’s as aggressive as ever. The Dodgers flexed their muscle mass this offseason with the acquisitions of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and others. The Arizona Diamondbacks are a younger group that simply made it to the World Collection with extra younger expertise on the way in which. The San Francisco Giants even made a splash with the signings of Jung Hoo Lee, Matt Chapman and Jorge Soler.
In the meantime, the Padres traded Juan Soto, pursued nearer Josh Hader by signing with the Houston Astros and can possible lose reigning NL Cy Younger winner Blake Snell. Contemplating the group completed 18 video games behind the Dodgers final season, it was very arduous to imagine they could possibly be severe contenders this season.
The Padres entered Wednesday projected by Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA because the fourth-best group within the division with their win complete pegged at 79.9. That's greater than 20 video games behind the Dodgers (100.6) and some video games behind the D-backs (85.four) and Giants (83.three).
Stop is an effective pitcher, 2023 surface-level outcomes apart. However he's averaged simply three.9 bWAR over the previous three seasons. The Padres should still have a number of surprises left in them, nevertheless it's arduous to see Stop even coming near toppling them within the division. That mentioned, they need to be aggressive within the wild-card race, and also you by no means know what’s going to occur after Opening Day.