The 33-year-old sinkerballer signed a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. The deal also includes incentives if various innings benchmarks are reached.
Last season with the San Francisco Giants, Cahill went 1-2 with a 3.24 ERA (4.48 xFIP) over 25.0 innings pitched (11 games, six starts). Although the sample size was extremely small, Cahill had a career-high in both strikeout rate (29.2 percent, career 17.8 percent) and walk rate (13.2 percent, career 9.5 percent). His ground ball rate of 33.3 percent was also well below his 54.0 percent career rate. Moving forward, it will be interesting to monitor whether those rates continue or revert to career norms.