A major update on Dylan Cease’s trade negotiations is provided by an MLB insider.
Bob Nightengale of USA Today joined Chuck Garfien on the most recent episode of the White Sox Talk Podcast to provide his prediction regarding the trade date and destination of pitcher Dylan Cease.
According to fresh sources, Dylan Cease’s market has reached a boiling point in the last 48 hours.
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Insiders have informed MLB Network’s Jon Morosi that the White Sox’s righty might be sold by next week, as many clubs are trying to improve their pitching staffs.
There have been reports that the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers have discussed trades for the starting pitcher.
Cease took a slight step back in 2023 after being second in the American League Cy Young Award race in 2022. He made a career-high 33 starts for the White Sox in 2023, posting a 7-9 record and a 4.58 ERA. He gave up 46 more hits in seven fewer innings of work for the Sox, which resulted in a modest decrease in strikeouts per nine innings, but an increase in walk-off average (WHIP) from 1.11 to 1.42.
Although Cease is only 27 years old and has a few more years of team control left, he is still a valuable commodity in the market, and teams will probably be prepared to pay a significant amount of prospect capital to sign him.
As the Sox aim to replenish their farm system this winter, Nightengale stated in a recent episode of the White Sox Talk podcast that he has been informed by industry sources that there is a “90% chance” that Cease is traded.
