The San Diego Padres could be losing one of their biggest starting pitchers this winter.

Dylan Cease is expected to become a free agent when the season comes to an end, and Sports Illustrated writer Jackson Roberts believes Cease will sign with the Chicago Cubs .

"Don't sleep on Cease's potential to shift the power dynamics of the league next season," Roberts wrote. "He may not have an impressive ERA this season (4.59 after Saturday's start), but he's the only pitcher in all of baseball to tally at least 200 strikeouts in each of the last five seasons. It doesn't seem likely that the Padres' financial situation will allow them to retain the 29-year-old righty, but there's a National League rival with money to spend who could really use a right-handed starter."

Cease has been up a

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