The San Diego Padres made a move to bolster their starting pitching staff acquiring Dylan Cease from the Chicago White Sox.
In return for Cease, the Padres sent pitcher Drew Thorpe, pitcher Steven Wilson, pitcher Jairo Iriarte and outfielder Samuel Zavala to the White Sox.
Cease, 28, was the runner up for the AL Cy Young award in 2022 but is coming off a down year. After compiling a 2.20 ERA two seasons ago, it went up to 4.58 last year. Despite the down year, Cease is considered a front line starting pitcher and one of baseball's best strikeout pitchers, with at least 10.0 punch outs per nine innings in four of his first five seasons.
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Cease is under team control for this season and next, making only $8 million in 2024.
Cease figures to slot in as the Padres number 3 starting pitcher behind Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove.
Cease will wear uniform number 84 for the Padres.
