Dylan Cease threw the fastest pitch thrown by a White Sox pitcher in Sunday’s loss to the Twins. He also threw the slowest one.
Cease is predominantly a power pitcher, with a fastball that has averaged 95.6 mph this season (faster than 77% of MLB pitchers). The four-seamer is his primary pitch, throwing it 42.7% of the time, followed by his slider (thrown 38.9% of the time) and a curveball (15.3% of pitches). But Cease will also occasionally mix in a changeup—and he tried something new with it on Sunday.
In his start against Minnesota, Cease threw that changeup extra slow. In the third inning, he threw one at a cool 69 mph to Jorge Polanco on an 0–2 count. Despite the pitch being right down the middle, Polanco was completely frozen.
