What’sWhat’s going wrong with Dylan Cease? Many observers correctly predicted that he would have some difficulty duplicating the results that landed him in the Cy Young runner-up spot last year. But this kind of regression — a 4.91 ERA on the 2023 season and career-worst 8.04 mark in August — is beyond what even the most pessimistic saw coming.
Pitching is complicated, and there’s no single thing to point to in explaining Cease’s struggles. On an individual level, all of his pitches are performing worse than they have over the past few years. Walks, hits, homers, they’re all up.