I think someone will give him 3 years, maybe 3/36 total.
He lives and dies with fastball command and relies heavily on the pitch. He's got a pretty good slider that he likes to backdoor to lefties, but really struggles against righties because his changeup doesn't have enough separation and his curveball isn't very good. Right handed hitters can sit on the fastball and he's not overpowering enough to get away with any mistakes.
I personally don't think he's much of an upgrade over a guy like Hutchison and I think he would really struggle with any loss of velocity.
Alex made it quite clear in an interview that MLB is aware of the situation and we can drop Loup for another player, but we'll lose him for the remainder of the playoffs.
It's easy to say now, but I never believed in this Cubs plan of a studs and duds rotation with bad defense. They'll never go anywhere without drafting some real pitching talent.
A groundball rate over 60% and several starts with good command before his injury.
Lots of guys do it without a great K/BB and much lesser stuff than Sanchez. Tim Hudson, Jake Westbrook, Charlie Morton, Derek Lowe...