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'''Trevor John Cahill''' (born March 1, 1988) is an American [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]] who is currently a free agent. He has played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Oakland Athletics]], [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], [[Atlanta Braves]], [[Chicago Cubs]], [[San Diego Padres]], [[Kansas City Royals]], [[Los Angeles Angels]], [[San Francisco Giants]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]. The Athletics drafted Cahill in the second round of the [[2006 MLB draft]] and he made his MLB debut with the A's in 2009. Cahill was an All-Star in 2010, finishing 9th in that year's AL [[Cy Young Award]] voting, and won a World Series title with the 2016 Cubs as well as a bronze medal at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]]. He ranks among the top 20 active pitchers in career victories and has earned over 48 million dollars in his professional baseball career. Since his rookie year with the Athletics in 2009, his nickname became the ''Pterodactyl'' or the ''Dactyl''.<ref>{{cite news |author=emperer nobody |author-link=SB Nation |url=https://www.athleticsnation.com/2011/5/9/2162958/bang-bang-dactyls-silver-hammer-willinghams-thunderous-bat-cahills |title=Bang, Bang! Dactyl's Silver Hammer: Willingham's Thunderous Bat, Cahill's Dazzling Arm Best Texas, 7-2 |work=[[SB Nation|Athletics Nation]] (www.athleticsnation.com) |date=May 9, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710181641/https://www.athleticsnation.com/2011/5/9/2162958/bang-bang-dactyls-silver-hammer-willinghams-thunderous-bat-cahills}}</ref><ref name=Crasnick29032011>{{cite news |last=Crasnick |first=Jerry |author-link=Jerry Crasnick |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/preview/2011/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=6266687 |title=Oakland's rotation has great potential |work=[[ESPN]] |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710181946/https://www.espn.com/mlb/preview/2011/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=6266687}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Yahoo! Sports staff |author-link=Yahoo! Sports |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ti-brown_power_rankings_red_sox_spend_top_033011.html |title=Power Rankings: Red Sox spend way to top |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] (sports.yahoo.com) |date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710182730/https://sports.yahoo.com/ti-brown_power_rankings_red_sox_spend_top_033011.html}}</ref>

Cahill signed a minor league deal with the [[Chicago Cubs]] on August 18, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Mark |last1=Gonzales |publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=August 18, 2015 |access-date=June 15, 2020|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-cubs-sign-trevor-cahill-20150819-story.html?outputType=amp|title=Cubs sign Cahill to Minor League deal}}</ref> Cahill pitched in the second, third, and fourth games of the [[2015 National League Division Series]] against the St. Louis Cardinals and pitched a scoreless inning of relief in the eighth during the second game of the series on Saturday October 10th.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kronishsports.com/SE/MLB/NLDS/2010s/2015/CS.htm |title=2015 National League Divisional Series |work=Kronish Sports (www.kronishsports.com) |date= |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710184951/http://www.kronishsports.com/SE/MLB/NLDS/2010s/2015/CS.htm}}</ref> It was only the third time he was used in the 8th inning or beyond in 2015.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

On July 24, 2017, Cahill was traded, along with [[Brandon Maurer]] and [[Ryan Buchter]], to the [[Kansas City Royals]], in exchange for [[Travis Wood]], [[Matt Strahm]], and catcher [[Esteury Ruiz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/07/royals-to-acquire-cahill-maurer-buchter-from-padres-for-strahm-wood-ruiz.html/|title=Royals Acquire Cahill, Maurer, Buchter From Padres For Strahm, Wood, Ruiz|website=MLB Trade Rumors|date=July 24, 2017 }}</ref> For the season, between the two teams he was 4-34–3 with a 3.93 ERA and led the major leagues in [[wild pitch]]es, with 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=10&type=0&season=2017&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=22,d|title=Major League Leaderboards » 2017 » Pitchers » Standard Statistics &#124; FanGraphs Baseball|website=www.fangraphs.com}}</ref>

On December 20, 2018, Cahill signed a one-year, $9 million contract with the [[Los Angeles Angels]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25581377/los-angeles-angels-sign-trevor-cahill-1-year-9m-contract|title=Angels add to the rotation, sign Cahill to 1-year deal|date=December 20, 2018|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> The deal proved to be disastrous as Cahill pitched to a career-worst 5.98 ERA while being demoted to the bullpen after inconsistency and trouble with the home run ball, as he allowed 25 in just {{frac|102|1|3}} innings. He was 4-94–9 with 14 wild pitches, second in the AL.<ref name="BaseRef"/> He became a free agent after the 2019 season.

On March 11, 2021, Cahill signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31052553/trevor-cahill-finalizes-15-million-deal-join-pittsburgh-pirates|title=Cahill finalizes $1.5 million deal to join Pirates|date=March 12, 2021|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> On July 2, Cahill was placed on the 60-day injured list with a left calf strain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/07/pirates-to-select-wilmer-difo.html|title = Pirates Select Wilmer Difo| date=July 2, 2021 }}</ref>

Cahill attended [[Vista High School (Vista, California)|Vista High School]] and committed to [[Dartmouth College]] before eventually signing with the A's.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/athletics/ci_12061023 |title=Inside Bay Area |access-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> He got a 1950 out of 2400 on the [[SAT]].<ref>{{cite web |authorname=Jerry Crasnick |url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/preview/2011/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=6266687 |title=Oakland A's have assembled a dominant, deep rotation|publisher=ESPN |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2020}}<Crasnick29032011/ref> In the offseason, he lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife, Jessica.

Cahill's repertoire includes five pitches: he primarily features a sinking fastball with obvious tail, a changeup, and a curveball thrown with a knuckle-curve grip, and mixes in a slider and four-seam fastball as well.<ref>https://www.brooksbaseball.net/landing.php?player=502239/</ref> Cahill's best pitch is his sinker, which features excellent downward movement and ranges from 88–9288 to 92&nbsp;mph. His sinker is his most frequent offering and is the main reason why he gets so many ground balls. Cahill also has a changeup in the 81–83&nbsp;mph range, which like his fastball, also features excellent downward movement. This is a pitch that he frequently uses against left-handers to get strikeouts. Starting in the 2010 season, Cahill began featuring a 12–6 curveball as well. His curve, which ranges in the 76–80&nbsp;mph range, has become his main strikeout weapon, and he can get hitters to chase it out of the zone as well as freezing hitters with it in the zone. Cahill also features a rare mid-80s slider against righties, though it is a below-average pitch.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}

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