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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
James Fegan

White Sox’ Dylan Cease finishing what Pedro Grifol calls ‘weird year’

White Sox starter Dylan Cease throws a pitch during the first inning Sunday against the Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

A fair read on Dylan Cease’s afternoon in Sunday’s 4-0 loss to the Twins is that he challenged Eduoard Julien with a 95 mph full count fastball with two runners on, and the resulting missile to the left field seats marred an otherwise strong six innings.

That a White Sox lineup resting Luis Robert Jr., Yoán Moncada and Tim Anderson didn’t pose a threat might also merit a mention. Or that Statcast showed Cease got squeezed on a full count pitch to Kyle Farmer, which would have keyed a strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out to end the fifth inning before Julien ever dug in.

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