Latest On Dylan Cease – MLB Trade Rumors

The White Sox have mentioned Dylan Cease trades with groups for the reason that offseason bought underway. It appears they’ve gained some quantity of traction, as Jon Morosi of MLB.com tweets that talks have “intensified” this week. Morosi suggests the ChiSox might pull the set off on a deal previous to the Winter Conferences, which start Sunday night.

USA In the present day’s Bob Nightengale has linked the Dodgers and Braves to the hard-throwing righty in current weeks. There are absolutely loads of different groups which were in contact with first-year common supervisor Chris Getz.  Morosi calls the Braves one of many “finalists” for Stop’s companies. That suggests the Sox have narrowed down the sphere of suitors, though there’s no readability as to what number of golf equipment are nonetheless within the operating.

Stop has been a well-liked commerce goal going again to the deadline. The Sox elected to not transfer him over the summer time. A number of weeks after the deadline, proprietor Jerry Reinsdorf dismissed entrance workplace leaders Rick Hahn and Ken Williams. He bumped Getz from assistant GM to the highest position not lengthy thereafter. Getz has reasonably bluntly mentioned the shortage of depth on the MLB roster. He has made clear there aren’t any gamers who’re categorically off the desk in commerce discussions.

Whereas Luis Robert Jr. most likely has essentially the most attraction of anybody on the workforce, Stop is the extra doubtless of their high-value targets to vary uniforms. The Sox have their franchise heart fielder signed to a contract with membership choices operating by means of the 2027 season. Stop is below workforce management for 2 years. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz tasks him for an $8.8MM wage in his second-to-last season of arbitration eligibility.

Stop, who turns 28 subsequent month, is coming off a relative down season. His ERA jumped from 2.20 throughout his Cy Younger runner-up marketing campaign in 2022 to 4.58 this yr. Stop misplaced a pair factors off his strikeout charge however nonetheless fanned a top quality 27.3% of opposing hitters whereas taking the ball for a full slate of 33 begins.

Regardless of the relative down season, he stays the clear greatest pitcher on the roster. Whereas Getz has expressed a willingness to make vital adjustments, he hasn’t characterised the state of affairs as a rebuild. It stands to purpose they’d search for main league and/or higher minors expertise in a Stop commerce. They took a quantity method to their first main commerce of the offseason, buying 5 gamers (4 of whom are MLB-ready depth sorts) from the Braves for reliever Aaron Bummer two weeks in the past.