BALLER MOVE: Add in NL-Only LeaguesROSTERED IN: 1% of LeaguesANALYSIS: The Chicago Cubs will be without their ace, Justin Steele, through the entire month of April with a strained hamstring. As a result, the Cubs will need to look to their bullpen or their system to find a replacement.Drew Smyly, who began the season as a relief pitcher, now has an opportunity to receive several starts. Throughout the first week of the season, Smyly has logged only 2 innings with no earned runs, one hit, and ...

Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Osvaldo Bido will start Wednesday's contest to take on Drew Smyly and the Chicago Cubs, according to Jason Mackey of Post-Gazette Sports. He'll be making his Major League debut after spending seven seasons in the minors. Bido posted a 4.55 ERA and 1.30 WHIP with 55 punchouts over 55.1 innings at Triple-A this season and owns a career 4.40 ERA and 21.0% strikeout rate. With his low ceiling, fantasy managers can ignore the 27-year-old in almost all formats.

Chicago Cubs left-handed pitcher Drew Smyly pitched well across six innings, unfortunately earning a no-decision versus the Astros Wednesday. Once Smyly exited, the Cubs bullpen struggled, resulting in an eventual 7-6 loss. However, despite Chicago's bullpen falling apart, Smyly recorded six strikeouts and didn't concede a walk in the contest. He has an impressive 2.86 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP in nine starts. His next outing will come on Tuesday at home against the Mets.

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Drew Smyly allowed just one run on six hits with a pair of strikeouts over seven strong innings in a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals. This was a relatively easy start for the veteran left-hander as the soft-hitting Nats lineup didn't have many answers for him. Lane Thomas did take him deep for a solo shot in the bottom of the second inning but that would be the only run that Smyly would allow. He improves to 3-1 on the year to go along with a sterling 2.83 ...

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors.It was good to be a lefty last week, and we'll be breaking down two spectacular starts from southpaws on Friday. First, we'll be looking at Drew Smyly's bid with perfection. Then, we'll dive into Joey Lucchesi's first MLB start since 2021.Roster percentages are taken ...

Chicago Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly turned in an excellent outing in a 13-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Smyly took a perfect game into the eighth inning and wound up tossing 7 2/3 innings of shutout ball while striking out 10. The veteran southpaw ran into some bad luck in the eighth when David Peralta sent a slow roller down the third-base line. Smyly came off of the mound to make the play but catcher Yan Gomes was also in pursuit and wound up jumping onto the pitcher's back ...

Chicago Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly is feeling great this spring and changed how he attacked hitters in his last two Cactus League outings to prepare for the regular season, but pitching coach Tommy Hottovy also pointed out that Smyly's arm was dropping in his delivery. He said the difference in his mechanics were minimal. The 33-year-old southpaw used his curveball 42.9% of the time in 2022, more than any starter in baseball. He threw his sinker at 92.6 mph last year and was already hitting ...

The Chicago Cubs and free-agent left-hander Drew Smyly agreed to a two-year, $19 million deal on Thursday that includes a $10 million mutual option ($2.5 million buyout) for the 2025 season, according to a source familiar with the deal. Smyly will receive $8 million next year and $8.5 million in 2024. The 33-year-old southpaw will return to Chicago after going 7-8 with a 3.47 ERA (4.23 FIP), a 1.19 WHIP and 20.4 percent strikeout rate for the Cubbies in 106 1/3 innings over 22 starts in 2022. He...

The Chicago Cubs are closing in on an agreement with free-agent left-hander Drew Smyly on Sunday, according to sources familiar with the deal. The 33-year-old southpaw made 22 starts for the Cubs last year and pitched well in the second half of the season after dealing with an oblique strain in late May. He finished the year going 7-8 with a 3.47 ERA, which included a 0.90 ERA over five amazing starts in August. Smyly declined his mutual option for the 2023 season but will rejoin a starting ...

Starting pitcher Drew Smyly declined his $10 million mutual option with the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, but remains in contact with the club on a possible new deal, per NBC Sports' Gordon Wittenmyer. The 33-year-old had a nice bounce-back 2022 season, going 7-8 with a 3.47 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and 20.4% strikeout rate over 22 starts and 106 1/3 innings pitched. He has served as a useful back-of-the-rotation fantasy option at times throughout his career and would be one once again in 2023 if he can ...