The Cubs and Padres officially announced the seven-player deal featuring Yu Darvish by press releases late Tuesday.
As you surely know, Darvish and Victor Caratini are heading to San Diego. In exchange, the Cubs receive righthander Zach Davies and four prospects: infielders Reginald Preciado and Yeison Santana and outfielders Owen Caissie and Ismael Mena.
None of the prospects is likely to hit the big leagues until at least 2023, making this trade largely a salary dump.
Here’s a bit more information on that:
The Padres will end up paying somewhere around $54 million of the $59 million owed to Yu Darvish over the next three seasons.