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Cease dominating … Dylan Cease (RHP, TOR) has excelled in his first season with the Blue Jays, chopping nearly two runs off his 2025 ERA. How much have his skills improved, and is his current level sustainable?

Year	IP	ERA/xERA	BB%/K%	SwK/Vel	G/L/F	H%/S%	HR/F	BPX
2022	184	2.20/3.54	10%/30%	15.3%/96.8	38/17/44	27%/85%	8%	131
2023	177	4.58/4.20	10%/27%	14.1%/95.6	36/25/39	35%/69%	10%	114
2024	189	3.47/3.52	9%/29%	15.2%/96.9	39/18/42	28%/70%	9%	144
2025	168	4.55/3.70	10%/30%	16.0%/97.0	36/22/41	34%/68%	12%	147
2026	98	2.56/2.78	10%/36%	15.6%/97.5	44/21/33	32%/78%	7%	210

Cease is certainly racking up the strikeouts:

• His elite SwK is very much in line with his recent numbers and actually lower than his 2025 mark. He has backed off his slider usage with two strikes (35.8%) and recorded an...

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