Players · C · Pitcher · 2026
Dylan Cease
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #84
- Born
- December 28, 1995 in Milton, GA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 3, 2019
- Drafted
- 2014, round 6
- High school
- Milton
- Salary, 2026
- $20.9M
- dbWAR
- 24.2 9 season(s)
- IP
- 169.0
- ERA
- 2.40
- FIP
- 2.56
- K/9
- 12.7
- FIP−
- 61 100 = avg
Dylan Cease is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2026 he struck out 239 batters over 169.0 innings across 29 appearances, 29 of them starts, going 11-6. His ERA of 2.40 is 42.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the third best on his team, and 40th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.56 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 33.3% of swings (15.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 34.9%. His 5.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TOR | 29 | 29 | 169.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 45 | 239 | 78 | 2.40 | 2.56 | 1.10 | 12.7 | 4.2 | 57 | 61 | 5.3 | |
| 2025 | SD | 32 | 32 | 168.0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 152 | 85 | 215 | 71 | 4.55 | 3.56 | 1.33 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 110 | 86 | 3.1 | |
| 2024 | SD | 33 | 33 | 189.1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 137 | 73 | 224 | 65 | 3.47 | 3.10 | 1.07 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 85 | 76 | 4.4 | |
| 2023 | CWS | 33 | 33 | 177.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 172 | 90 | 214 | 79 | 4.58 | 3.72 | 1.42 | 10.9 | 4.0 | 106 | 86 | 3.4 | |
| 2022 | CWS | 32 | 32 | 184.0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 45 | 227 | 78 | 2.20 | 3.10 | 1.11 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 55 | 78 | 4.3 | |
| 2021 | CWS | 32 | 32 | 165.2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 139 | 72 | 226 | 68 | 3.91 | 3.41 | 1.25 | 12.3 | 3.7 | 92 | 80 | 3.7 | |
| 2020 | CWS | 12 | 12 | 58.1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 26 | 44 | 34 | 4.01 | 6.36 | 1.44 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 90 | 143 | -0.5 | |
| 2019 | CWS | 14 | 14 | 73.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 47 | 81 | 35 | 5.79 | 5.19 | 1.55 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 129 | 115 | 0.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CWS | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .125 | .600 | 0.0% | 37.5% | .376 | +0.4 | 140 | 0.1 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 398 | 347 | 58 | 8 | 46 | 144 | .167 | .267 | .271 | .252 | 36.2% |
| vs RHB | 287 | 252 | 50 | 3 | 32 | 95 | .198 | .289 | .270 | .262 | 33.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Dylan Cease throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 1,072 | 96.8 | 2,456 | 52.3% | 25.4% | 219 | .201 | .669 | |
| Slider | 870 | 88.7 | 2,717 | 52.5% | 44.2% | 216 | .144 | .409 | |
| Changeup | 330 | 81.4 | 1,738 | 38.8% | 48.0% | 61 | .131 | .350 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 292 | 81.7 | 2,663 | 42.8% | 28.6% | 32 | .219 | .555 | |
| Sinker | 228 | 95.8 | 2,393 | 47.8% | 14.2% | 58 | .207 | .613 | |
| Sweeper | 101 | 83.4 | 2,832 | 42.6% | 22.6% | 17 | .353 | .941 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.