{"id":575696,"date":"2026-04-01T18:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575696\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:37:29","slug":"mlb-insiders-believe-blue-jays-dylan-cease-can-do-something-uncommon-after-210m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575696\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB insiders believe Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease can do something ‘uncommon’ after $210M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB insiders believe Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease can do something ‘uncommon’ after $210M deal<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> made a lot of moves to bolster the roster, with the most noteworthy being the blockbuster $210 million signing of Dylan Cease.<\/p>\n

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The former San Diego Padres<\/a> and Chicago White Sox<\/a> righty starter is coming to the Blue Jays on a massive deal. History isn’t always on the side of pitchers signing bid-money deals, but Cease could be different.<\/p>\n

In fact, as ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel<\/a>\u00a0found, Cease has the belief of\u00a0multiple MLB scouts and executives that he could make a leap after this massive deal and turn into a sure-fire ace that he’s toyed with in years past.<\/p>\n

MLB execs, scouts believe in Dylan Cease<\/p>\n

“It’s not common for players to make a leap after getting a huge deal, but there was some optimism from evaluators I polled that it could be happening with Cease,” McDaniel writes.<\/p>\n

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This is an interesting note from McDaniel on Cease, who was ranked seventh in Major League Baseball’s ace rankings by MLB scouts and executives.<\/p>\n

What makes this belief so interesting is that Cease hasn’t once been an All-Star in his MLB career, which has spanned seven years. Cease finished as the runner-up in the 2022 Cy Young race and fourth in the 2024 Cy Young race.<\/p>\n

But Cease hasn’t been able to become a clear-cut ace in the sport despite having flashes of greatness during his Padres and White Sox days.<\/p>\n

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He had a 4.55 ERA in 32 starts last season for the Padres and a 3.47 ERA in 33 starts in 2024. His 4.58 ERA in 2023 was far from ideal, as was his 4.39 ERA across the first three years of his career.<\/p>\n

His 2022 season, when he had a 2.20 ERA in 32 starts with 6.4 bWAR, a 14-8 record, one shutout, and 227 strikeouts in 184 innings pitched, was the best year of his career.<\/p>\n

Cease has shown ace-caliber potential, but he’s struggled to string together such seasons in a row, and truly break out into being an ace who’s worth trusting come the postseason.<\/p>\n

But these MLB executives and scouts believe that such an uncommon breakout could be on the horizon for Cease. He’s flirted with being a bona fide ace, but now, with the Blue Jays, he could finally become the elite ace he’s capable of becoming.<\/p>\n

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