New Pitchers Settling In — Zach Davies For Cubs, Lance Lynn For White Sox – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — They are saying pitching wins championships.

Possibly that’s old-school pondering, however each the Cubs and White Sox made main offseason strikes there – with large names coming and going.

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Now, these new additions are settling in at Spring Coaching.

The Cubs needed to substitute to Yu Darvish, Jon Lester, José Quintana, and Tyler Chatwood.

Enter Zach Davies, who came visiting within the Darvish take care of the San Diego Padres. Cubs followers most likely know him greatest from his time with the Milwaukee Brewers.

These days have been when Davies intently watched Kyle Hendricks from the opposite facet of the diamond. They’ve comparable kinds, and the Cubs are hoping for related outcomes.

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“It’s humorous, as a result of they put our lockers proper subsequent to one another, so I feel they know the comparisons too – and you realize, we’ve talked rather a lot; easy stuff thus far,” Davies mentioned of Hendricks. “There are similarities; there are variations in his eyes and in my eyes too, so it’s a bit bit finer variations that not all people catches, however on the identical time, as pitchers who’ve been within the recreation for a short while, you realize these variations.”

New White Sox starter Lance Lynn is getting used to his new workforce. Lynn offers the Sox one other potential ace to march out to the mound out each 5 days.

Lynn been certainly one of baseball’s greatest pitchers the previous couple of years, and completed sixth within the American League Cy Younger voting final yr.

He already gained a World Sequence with Tony La Russa in St. Louis, and now he needs to do it once more with the Sox.

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“I feel you mentioned it, and everybody’s saying it – we’re right here to win a World Sequence, and that’s what we’re making an attempt to do. That’s why you come to Spring Coaching yearly. Typically you even have an opportunity, generally you don’t – and this yr, we actually really feel like we’ve got an opportunity, so we’re going to do what we’ve acquired to do capitalize on that,” Lynn mentioned. “The bullpens are ongoing. Guys are beginning to get some issues going right here. So that you see numerous proficient arms – numerous younger children which might be making an attempt to point out what they’ve acquired – so it’s going to be an thrilling camp.”