Head to head · 2026 pitching

Dylan Cease vs Payton Tolle

In 2026 Dylan Cease has been worth 1.5 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Both near the front of the 2026 AL Cy Young race: among the league's 8 most valuable pitchers by dbWAR.

Dylan Cease TOR

Payton Tolle BOS

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Dylan Cease	Payton Tolle
G	29	26
GS	29	26
IP	169.0	148.2
W	11	9
SO	239	171
ERA	2.40	3.03
FIP	2.56	3.04
WHIP	1.10	1.10
K/9	12.7	10.4
BB/9	4.2	2.4
FIP−	61	73
WAR	5.3	3.8

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Dylan Cease	Payton Tolle
G	5	2
GS	4	1
IP	11.1	5.0
W	0	0
SV	0	0
SO	13	4
BB	7	1
ERA	8.74	1.80
WHIP	1.94	1.20
K/9	10.3	7.2
BB/9	5.6	1.8

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Dylan Cease	Payton Tolle
G	217	33
GS	217	29
IP	1,184.1	165.0
W	76	9
L	64	7
SV	0	0
SO	1,470	190
BB	508	48
ERA	3.67	3.33
WHIP	1.24	1.15
K/9	11.2	10.4
BB/9	3.9	2.6
HR/9	1.0	1.1
WAR	24.1	3.6

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.