Dylan Cease

Bats R Throws R6'2" 195 lbBorn 1995 Milton, USADebut 2019Team SD1x All-StarDraft 2014 R6 #169 Chicago Cubs, Milton (GA) HSContract 7 y/$210M (26-32)* 2026: $20,759,455

Awards: All-MLB Second Team x2

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	600	26.7	9.0	2.72	21.3	7.07	103.2
2027							101.7
2028							100.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Freddy Garcia	2006	104.4	81.6	264
2	Barry Zito	2007	104.7	96.8	818
3	Brad Penny	2007	105.1	86.7	426
4	Gio Gonzalez	2015	104.7	100.5	765
5	Javier Vazquez	2006	102.9	109.3	882
6	Jose Quintana	2018	103.3	100.5	745
7	Jon Gray	2021	102.2	105.8	521
8	Cliff Lee	2008	104.6	107.5	969
9	Jake Odorizzi	2019	102.9	84.0	60
10	Aaron Harang	2007	106.0	93.0	793

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	SD	32	0	0	0	0	0
2024	SD	33	0	0	0	0	0
2023	CWS	33	0	0	0	0	0
2022	CWS	32	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CWS	32	8	1	3	1	3	0.375	0.375	0.500	0.875	137.2
2020	CWS	12	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CWS	14	0	0	0	0	0
Career		188	8	1	3	1	3	0.375	0.375	0.500	0.875	137.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									600				101.7
2026*									553				127.0	99.9	126.9
2025	SD	8	12	4.55	32	32	0	168.0	722	21	71	215	99.2	99.1	98.3
2024	SD	14	11	3.47	33	33	0	189.3	762	18	65	224	115.0	99.3	114.2
2023	CWS	7	9	4.58	33	33	0	177.0	784	19	79	214	98.7	99.9	98.6
2022	CWS	14	8	2.20	32	32	0	184.0	747	16	78	227	114.9	98.3	113.3
2021	CWS	13	7	3.91	32	32	0	165.7	708	20	68	226	107.8	98.9	106.6
2020	CWS	5	4	4.01	12	12	0	58.3	255	12	34	44	90.3	101.3	91.5
2019	CWS	4	7	5.79	14	14	0	73.0	326	15	35	81	89.5	98.2	87.6
Career		65	58	3.88	188	188	0	1015.3	4304	121	430	1231	104.8		103.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	8	91.7	5.1	0.0	40.0	50.0	50.0	0.176	0.313	0.207

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	P	32	168	9	16	1	1	0.962	-0.8
2024	SD	P	33	189	10	17	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2023	CWS	P	33	177	5	16	1	0	0.955	-0.1
2022	CWS	P	32	184	2	8	2	0	0.833	-1.5
2021	CWS	P	32	166	5	8	3	1	0.812	-1.0
2020	CWS	P	12	58	6	3	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2019	CWS	P	14	73	8	6	1	2	0.933	-0.7

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2019	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	304	68.1 IP, 24% K	4.49
2018	AA	Birmingham Barons	Pit	202	52.1 IP, 39% K	1.73
2018	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Pit	290	71.2 IP, 28% K	2.91
2017	A	South Bend Cubs	Pit	213	51.2 IP, 35% K	2.81
2017	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Pit	175	41.2 IP, 30% K	3.93
2017	A	nan	Pit	388	93.1 IP, 32% K	3.29
2015	Rk	AZL Cubs	Pit	101	24.0 IP, 25% K	2.62

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.381		0.381

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0.00	1	1	3.2	3	0	1	5	1.25
2024	1	14.40	2	2	5.0	10	2	3	6	2.60
2021	0	16.20	1	1	1.7	2	0	3	2	3.00
2020	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Career	1	9.11	5	4	10.9	15	2	7	13	2.02