Dylan Cease
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 6, #169, Chicago Cubs | Milton (GA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 14 8 2.20 32 32 0 184 227 1.11
2023 7 9 4.58 33 33 0 177 214 1.42
2024 14 11 3.47 33 33 0 189.1 224 1.07
6 Seasons 57 46 3.75 156 156 0 847.1 1,016 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 32 14-8 2.20 184 227 1.11
2023 33 7-9 4.58 177 214 1.42
2024 33 14-11 3.47 189.1 224 1.07
6 Seasons 156 57-46 3.75 847.1 1,016 1.25
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 23 1364 208 16 7.7 4.9 87.9 111.3 12.1 32.7 .242 .422 .353 .323 .385 37.5 24.8 10.7 5.79 4.63
2020 24 1085 171 15 8.8 5.9 89.8 110.6 15.2 36.8 .279 .513 .354 .389 .419 40.9 17.3 13.3 4.01 6.86
2021 25 2957 405 40 9.9 5.6 89.2 115.2 18.5 37.0 .210 .364 .295 .294 .383 38.8 31.9 9.6 3.91 3.63
2022 26 3120 439 27 6.2 3.6 86.8 115.9 15.0 31.4 .184 .292 .263 .257 .313 31.2 30.4 10.4 2.20 2.70
2023 27 3262 481 30 6.2 3.8 90.0 113.0 15.4 36.8 .241 .381 .321 .313 .383 41.6 27.3 10.1 4.58 4.13
2024 28 3188 469 40 8.5 5.2 89.0 116.8 14.1 32.4 .210 .358 .266 .283 .361 38.6 29.4 8.5 3.47 3.31
Player 14976 2173 168 7.7 4.7 88.8 116.8 15.3 34.4 .219 .367 .297 .298 .367 37.9 28.4 10.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cease relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(43.5%) ,
Slider
(42.9%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(7.9%) ,
Sweeper
(4.2%) ,
Changeup
(0.9%) ,
Cutter
(0.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 45.7 22.1 26.0 6.3 35.6 37.0 27.4 4.3 34.6 20.2 25.5 7.7 7.7 4.9
2020 39.8 24.6 26.9 8.8 42.7 31.6 25.7 3.5 29.8 25.7 24.0 7.6 8.8 5.9
2021 34.6 31.4 24.4 9.6 33.1 37.5 29.4 4.7 25.2 29.9 23.7 6.7 9.9 5.6
2022 39.4 30.3 22.1 8.2 39.4 36.4 24.1 5.0 26.9 33.3 22.1 5.9 6.2 3.6
2023 36.8 27.2 27.9 8.1 41.0 34.9 24.1 2.5 24.7 28.5 31.2 6.9 6.2 3.8
2024 40.3 30.7 22.4 6.6 41.2 37.5 21.3 5.3 30.5 28.1 20.0 7.2 8.5 5.2
Player 38.7 28.7 24.6 8.0 38.8 36.2 24.9 4.3 27.8 28.6 24.4 6.9 7.7 4.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Sweeper SD R 133 82.7 51.4 12.0 11.1GLV -2.6 -11.0 12.6 11.1GLV -3.2
2024 Cutter SD R 19 91.8 26.2 -2.6 3.0GLV 0.9 6.1 -2.2 3.0GLV 0.3
2024 Slider SD R 1369 87.7 33.6 0.1 2.2GLV -1.8 1.9 -0.3 2.2GLV -2.9
2024 Curveball SD R 251 82.3 56.6 6.9 3.1GLV -4.8 -15.8 5.9 3.1GLV -6.3
2024 Changeup SD R 28 69.7 39.3 -1.5 4.3ARM -1.3 17.5 -12.6 4.3ARM -9.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 1388 96.9 10.8 2.2 2.5ARM -4.9 18.4 2.6 2.5ARM -5.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 1408 95.6 11.2 2.6 3.2ARM -3.9 18.8 3.0 3.2ARM -4.2
2023 Slider CWS R 1260 86.3 34.7 -0.4 2.5GLV -1.9 1.9 -0.4 2.5GLV -2.8
2023 Curveball CWS R 494 80.2 58.5 5.8 3.6GLV -4.3 -15.8 5.9 3.6GLV -5.3
2023 Changeup CWS R 99 74.6 33.3 -4.5 7.0ARM -3.2 15.8 -10.4 7.0ARM -7.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -3 1,388 43.5 325 .235 .390 .344 20.3 19.7 17.1 .245 .435 .355 43.8
2024 Slider 1.4 19 1,369 42.9 361 .159 .257 .208 44.7 39.1 25.4 .168 .265 .210 34.5
2024 Curveball -0.7 -2 251 7.9 51 .280 .440 .328 28.6 31.4 21.9 .308 .564 .372 34.3
2024 Sweeper -0.6 -1 133 4.2 17 .200 .267 .221 38.5 17.6 10.7 .217 .328 .285 38.5
2024 Changeup -5.6 -2 28 0.9 4 .250 1.000 .500 20.0 0.0 0.0 .192 .406 .253 25.0
2024 Cutter -2.7 -1 19 0.6 4 .250 1.000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 .185 .580 .320 25.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -3 1,408 43.2 330 .273 .436 .370 20.6 20.9 17.9 .251 .399 .341 40.5
2023 Slider 0.8 10 1,260 38.6 331 .216 .339 .286 43.3 36.0 23.1 .217 .324 .275 43.2
2023 Curveball -2.4 -12 495 15.2 111 .298 .538 .386 24.9 20.7 19.8 .292 .514 .362 42.7
2023 Changeup 1.1 1 99 3.0 9 .111 .111 .100 53.8 33.3 12.0 .160 .215 .160 16.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 28 69.7 88 16.8 12:00 12:30 -30
2024 Curveball 249 82.3 78 19.0 6:45 6:15 30
2024 Cutter 19 91.8 41 6.5 11:30 11:00 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,381 96.9 87 18.2 12:15 12:15 0
2024 Slider 1,355 87.7 25 3.3 9:30 9:30 0
2024 Sweeper 133 82.7 66 18.1 7:00 7:30 -30
2023 Changeup 99 74.6 89 16.2 12:15 1:00 -45
2023 Curveball 495 80.2 81 19.0 6:45 6:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,403 95.6 90 18.6 12:15 12:15 0
2023 Slider 1,247 86.3 26 3.5 9:15 9:30 -15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 325 1,364 -3 11 -10 -7 -10
2020 257 1,099 0 13 -9 -7 -4
2021 718 3,001 28 22 -24 -16 11
2022 745 3,120 15 38 -6 -13 34
2023 781 3,262 8 21 -13 -20 -4
2024 790 3,308 12 28 -18 -13 9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 1,364 45.6 65.8 80.2 26.5 60.4 41.4 59.4 44.4 26.1 6.8 81.7
2020 1,085 44.5 64.6 80.8 22.9 60.9 40.5 54.9 41.5 25.3 7.6 74.4
2021 2,957 47.1 67.0 73.8 28.8 47.5 40.0 58.3 46.8 34.6 6.8 72.6
2022 3,120 43.7 68.0 76.2 31.3 50.4 41.2 58.2 47.3 33.3 6.7 76.9
2023 3,262 44.9 68.6 81.1 28.2 44.5 38.7 61.1 46.3 31.0 6.9 77.2
2024 3,188 46.5 68.5 77.8 30.5 47.0 42.7 59.8 48.2 32.4 7.6 79.0
Player 14,976 45.5 67.6 77.8 28.9 49.3 40.7 59.1 46.5 31.7 7.0 76.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2019 38 52 42 40 35 51 34 70 42 61 17 54 20 91 90 65 26
2020 5 14 9 11 3 6 28 24 25 14 11 40 13 97 95 68 21
2021 71 83 69 54 71 7 15 38 48 93 32 94 58 90 97 84 25
2022 90 96 93 85 84 26 70 84 93 88 16 91 69 90 97 78 26
2023 51 54 65 72 39 25 78 23 32 77 25 83 42 78 97 71 37
2024 79 85 71 52 85 8 32 42 51 89 41 92 70 90 98 78 32
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.6 15 13.3 2 5 11 5 33.3
2020 22.8 12 12.6 -1 1 9 6 50.0
2021 23.3 20 19.7 0 12 18 8 40.0
2022 23.9 16 16.1 0 6 14 5 31.3
2023 23.3 19 18.6 0 11 15 8 42.1
2024 23.4 20 20.0 0 9 16 9 45.0
Player 23.2 102 100.3 2 44 83 41 40.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 15 18 12 11 13 12 15 13 12 8 12 13 16 14 12 13 11 10 13 16 14 17 18 15 11 11 13 15 17 13 11
2020 12 13 11 13 13 12 15 11 13 11 11 13 12 13 11 12 12 12 12 14 13 12 15 13 12 11 14 15 13 14 12
2021 20 26 16 22 21 19 23 22 18 12 17 25 19 11 22 22 15 19 21 21 17 21 26 24 18 15 23 20 20 17 20
2022 16 13 13 18 16 15 17 15 9 12 13 17 16 18 14 19 16 16 19 16 19 16 21 20 16 12 18 20 18 15 15
2023 19 17 14 20 19 17 21 18 18 14 17 20 19 14 20 22 23 16 20 22 16 19 28 23 17 13 21 20 21 17 13
2024 20 19 17 22 20 21 23 22 17 12 19 27 23 16 21 21 19 18 20 24 20 20 29 24 15 17 20 21 23 18 12
Player 102 106 83 106 102 96 114 101 87 69 89 115 105 86 100 109 96 91 105 113 99 105 137 119 89 79 109 111 112 94 83
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.5 97.5 1.0 ↑ 96.6 -0.9 ↓ 96.8 0.2 ↑ 95.6 -1.2 ↓ 96.8 1.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.1 82.9 -0.2 ↓ 78.1 -4.8 ↓ 77.9 -0.2 ↓ 74.6 -3.3 ↓ 69.7 -4.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.2 83.6 1.4 ↑ 83.9 0.3 ↑ 85.9 2.0 ↑ 84.6 -1.3 ↓ 86.5 1.9 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.9 89.8 1.9 ↑ 89.2 -0.6 ↓ 86.8 -2.4 ↓ 90.0 3.2 ↑ 89.0 -1.0 ↓
Launch Angle 12.1 15.2 3.1 ↑ 18.5 3.3 ↑ 15.0 -3.5 ↓ 15.4 0.4 ↑ 14.1 -1.3 ↓
Barrel % 7.7 8.8 1.1 ↑ 9.9 1.1 ↑ 6.2 -3.7 ↓ 6.2 0.0 8.5 2.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.5 40.9 3.4 ↑ 38.8 -2.1 ↓ 31.2 -7.6 ↓ 41.6 10.4 ↑ 38.6 -3.0 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 36.8 4.1 ↑ 37.0 0.2 ↑ 31.4 -5.6 ↓ 36.8 5.4 ↑ 32.4 -4.4 ↓
xBA .242 .279 0.037 ↑ .210 -0.069 ↓ .184 -0.026 ↓ .241 0.057 ↑ .210 -0.031 ↓
BA .271 .234 -0.037 ↓ .223 -0.011 ↓ .190 -0.033 ↓ .250 0.060 ↑ .200 -0.050 ↓
xwOBA .323 .389 0.066 ↑ .294 -0.095 ↓ .257 -0.037 ↓ .313 0.056 ↑ .283 -0.030 ↓
wOBA .353 .354 0.001 ↑ .295 -0.059 ↓ .263 -0.032 ↓ .321 0.058 ↑ .266 -0.055 ↓
xSLG .422 .513 0.091 ↑ .364 -0.149 ↓ .292 -0.072 ↓ .381 0.089 ↑ .358 -0.023 ↓
SLG .486 .477 -0.009 ↓ .364 -0.113 ↓ .306 -0.058 ↓ .405 0.099 ↑ .332 -0.073 ↓
K% 24.8 17.3 -7.5 ↓ 31.9 14.6 ↑ 30.4 -1.5 ↓ 27.3 -3.1 ↓ 29.4 2.1 ↑
BB% 10.7 13.3 2.6 ↑ 9.6 -3.7 ↓ 10.4 0.8 ↑ 10.1 -0.3 ↓ 8.5 -1.6 ↓
Swing % 44.4 41.5 -2.9 ↓ 46.8 5.3 ↑ 47.3 0.5 ↑ 46.3 -1.0 ↓ 48.2 1.9 ↑
Whiff% 26.1 25.3 -0.8 ↓ 34.6 9.3 ↑ 33.3 -1.3 ↓ 31.0 -2.3 ↓ 32.4 1.4 ↑
In Zone % 45.6 44.5 -1.1 ↓ 47.1 2.6 ↑ 43.7 -3.4 ↓ 44.9 1.2 ↑ 46.5 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.4 55.5 1.1 ↑ 52.9 -2.6 ↓ 56.3 3.4 ↑ 55.1 -1.2 ↓ 53.5 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 22.9 -3.6 ↓ 28.8 5.9 ↑ 31.3 2.5 ↑ 28.2 -3.1 ↓ 30.5 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.9 24.3 -4.6 ↓ 29.1 4.8 ↑ 32.1 3.0 ↑ 31.8 -0.3 ↓ 31.9 0.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.4 54.9 -4.5 ↓ 58.3 3.4 ↑ 58.2 -0.1 ↓ 61.1 2.9 ↑ 59.8 -1.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 325 .353 162 6 3.7 163 60 36.8
2020 Shifts 253 .352 101 7 6.9 152 74 48.7
2021 Shifts 708 .295 359 25 7.0 349 165 47.3
2022 Shifts 745 .263 379 68 17.9 366 235 64.2
2023 Shades 781 .321 387 21 5.4 394 69 17.5
2024 Shades 761 .266 389 21 5.4 372 163 43.8
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 420 15.8 37.9% 1.9% 231 24.9 0.0% 12.6%
2020 351 17.1 23.6% 0.3% 199 23.3 0.0% 6.0%
2021 878 19.0 9.5% 2.2% 436 24.5 0.2% 12.2%
2022 954 18.4 10.3% 2.4% 417 24.3 0.0% 12.9%
2023 883 15.6 39.9% 0.3% 495 20.1 1.0% 0.8%
2024 992 15.9 33.8% 0.3% 395 19.7 2.3% 0.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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