Knights' Cease extends scoreless streak
The adjustment to Triple-A has been a breeze so far for Dylan Cease.The third-ranked White Sox prospect ran his scoreless streak to 10 innings straight to start the season after allowing two hits over five frames Sunday in Triple-A Charlotte's 3-0 victory over Indianapolis at Victory Field. He struck out
The adjustment to Triple-A has been a breeze so far for
The third-ranked White Sox prospect ran his scoreless streak to 10 innings straight to start the season after allowing two hits over five frames Sunday in Triple-A Charlotte's 3-0 victory over Indianapolis at Victory Field. He struck out four and walked one.
Safe to say, Cease is feeling confident about his abilities on the mound.
"I definitely feel like I could compete in the Major Leagues right now," he told The Chicago Sun-Times.
But the 23-year-old righty remains focused on his current task at hand.
"But [a callup] is really not something I focus on at all," Cease told the Sun-Times. "The more I work on my pitches and execute what I'm doing, the more good things will happen. I try not to get ahead of myself and stay in the process."
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MLB.com's No. 21 overall prospect was in command at both the Class A Advanced and Double-A levels last season. In 23 starts, Cease went 12-2 with a 2.40 ERA while striking out 160. He allowed 33 earned runs on 82 hits with batters hitting .189 against him en route to being named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star after the season.
In his first start in the International League on April 9, Cease held Norfolk scoreless for five innings. He gave up three hits without a walk and struck out five in the Knights' 4-0 win over the Tides.
A sixth-round pick in the 2014 Draft by the Cubs, the Georgia native was involved in the 2017 trade that brought White Sox No. 1 prospect
Cease's dominance on the mound has caught the attention of White Sox director of player personnel Chris Getz.
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"He's got good stuff, he can command four pitches and he's just a poised individual, so those are pretty good ingredients for success at any level," he told the Sun-Times.
After Cease's exit Sunday, White Sox No. 25 prospect
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