ARLINGTON, Texas — One day after anxiously waiting for the trade deadline to pass, Dylan Cease, still wearing a White Sox uniform, looked nothing like the 2022 Cy Young runner-up contending teams were inquiring about to bolster their rotations.
Needing 79 pitches to get through 1⅔ innings, Cease allowed seven runs and seven hits and walked three against the Rangers at Globe Life Field. He struck out one batter, and threw 45 pitches in the second inning before manager Pedro Grifol pulled him with two outs.
