MLB’s hottest commodity, White Sox ace Dylan Cease opens up about trade rumors
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Dylan Cease plopped down on the picnic bench Thursday afternoon outside the Chicago White Sox’s clubhouse, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and slowly exhaled. It’s only the second full day of workouts, and already, everyone is asking Cease just how long he’ll be in a White Sox uniform. He hadn’t even put his cleats on in the morning before rumors
already started spilling into the clubhouse about the Baltimore Orioles making another push for him. The Orioles announced in Sarasota, Fla., that Kyle Bradish, their No. 1 starter of a year ago, will open the season on the injured list with a right UCL sprain and that fellow starter John Means is a month behind schedule with a sore elbow. Could the Orioles, who tried to acquire Cease during the winter before acquiring Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes, reach out and re-ignite the dormant trade talks? Uh, no, at least not
on Thursday, White Sox GM Chris Getz said. Cease, the White Sox starter who finished runner-up in the AL Cy Young race in 2022, knows he’s not long for the White Sox, but has no idea where or when he’ll be backing his bags. The White Sox informed him they plan to trade him once a team meets their
demands, but after talks this winter with the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Atlanta and the Orioles, no one came close.
