The Padres are closing in on a contract with right-hander Trevor Cahill, reports Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union Tribune. The 28-year-old is expected to be given the opportunity to win a job in the rotation, according to Lin.
Cahill’s career looked to be headed in the wrong direction a couple of years ago, as he experienced a rapid decline with the D-backs and pitched poorly enough to be released by the Braves following a trade in 2015. However, he reinvented himself as a reliever in the Cubs’ bullpen late in the 2015 season and pitched quite well with Chicago in a bullpen role again in 2016.