Cahill headed to Arizona: Arizona didn't make much noise during the recent MLB Winter Meetings, but the Diamondbacks made a major trade Friday and acquired SP Trevor Cahill in a multi-player deal with Oakland. Cahill and RP Craig Breslow were shipped to Arizona in exchange for right-handed pitchers Jarrod Parker and Ryan Cook, as well as OF Collin Cowgill. Cahill was 12-14 with a 4.16 ERA last season after going 18-8 with a 2.97 ERA in 2010. (Updated 12/09/2011)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
Cahill is expected to bolster the Diamondbacks' rotation, joining Ian Kennedy and Daniel Hudson at the top of the rotation. Cahill, 23, is signed through 2015 with club options for 2016 and 2017. Cahill, who finished in the top 10 in the 2009 AL Cy Young Award voting, is owed $30 million over the next four seasons. Fantasy owners should expect a rebound from his lackluster campaign this past year with his move to the National League. Look for him to shave his career-high 82 walks from 2011 and target him as a bargain in the later rounds of 2012 Fantasy drafts. (Updated 12/09/2011).
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After an apparent breakout season in 2010, Trevor Cahill frustrated owners who, on average, made him a 12th-round pick in mixed leagues last spring. For much of the year, Cahill didn't pitch like a middle-round pick, barely being reliable enough to start in deeper mixed leagues over the second half of the season. Oddly enough, Cahill's control improved during the dog days of summer, even as his WHIP and ERA spiked. He was really no worse of a pitcher than he was the year before, when his ERA was more than a full run lower. For the most part, Cahill was an apparent victim of bad luck on balls in play, as his .351 post-All-Star break batting average on balls in play (BABIP) would suggest. As unlucky as Cahill was in 2011, he was nearly that lucky in 2010, so the real Cahill is somewhere in the middle. Fantasy owners can't rely on him to be a No. 2 or 3 starter just yet, but he is still draftable in standard mixed leagues. Look to take the young righty a few rounds later than he was going a year ago. (Updated 1/9/12)
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