Dylan Edward Cease...Has a twin brother, named Alec...Enjoys playing frisbee golf...Co-owns and operates frisbee golf businesses in Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Brooksville, Fla....During the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his father took up beekeeping...They now are able to produce raw honey...Graduated from Milton High School in his hometown in Georgia in 2014...Was a pre-season First Team All-American going into his senior season...Also named a 2013 Under Armour All-American and a 2014 Perfect Game First Team All-American...During his junior season in high school, went 9-0 with a 0.81 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 69.1 innings pitched, before undergoing Tommy John surgery during his senior year.
2025
Posted a 29.8% strikeout rate, the third-highest mark among qualified pitchers in MLB, behind only Tarik Skubal (32%) and Garrett Crochet (31.3%)...Led all qualified pitchers with a 33.4% whiff rate...Struck out 200+ batters for the fifth consecutive season, joining Max Scherzer (eight from 2012-19), Chris Sale (seven from 2013- 19), and Justin Verlander (five from 2009-13) as the only active pitchers to do so in a stretch of five or more consecutive seasons...Ranked sixth in the Majors in strikeouts (215), trailing only Garrett Crochet (255), Tarik Skubal (241), Logan Webb (224), Jesus Luzardo (216) and Paul Skenes (216)...Made 32+ starts for the fifth consecutive season, the only active pitcher to do so during that span (2021-25)...Averaged 97.1 MPH with his fourseamer, the sixth-highest average among starting pitchers in MLB...In 16 starts at home, posted a 3.61 ERA with a 3.37 FIP, a 1.28 WHIP, a 31.8% strikeout rate, a 34.3% whiff rate and a 30.6% chase rate...From 2021-25, leads the Majors in starts (162) and strikeouts (1,106)...Is one of only four pitchers to make 30+ starts in each season from 2021-25, joining Kevin Gausman, José Berríos, and Patrick Corbin...Has recorded 24 starts with 10+ strikeouts since the 2021 season, tied with Gerrit Cole for the second-most such games in MLB, trailing only Blake Snell (25).
2024
Acquired by SD from CWS in a five-player deal on March 13 as the Padres broke camp in Peoria, Ariz., and met the team for the Seoul Series in South Korea to open up the 2024 season…although the trade was made official prior to the Padres departing and Cease was in Arizona with the White Sox, Cease had to locate his passport and pack, meeting the team 24 hours after the team charter had arrived...Went on to lead the SD staff in starts (33), IP (189.1), strikeouts (224), wins (14), quality starts (16), opponent OPS (.601), SO/9 IP (10.6), opponents' AVG (.200), total pitches (3,188) and pitches per game (96.6)…His 33 starts led the Majors along with 7 others, and was one of just four NL starters to make 33 starts...From 2021-24, Cease’s 130 starts led the Majors, ahead of Aaron Nola (129), José Berríos (128), Patrick Corbin (126) and Kevin Gausman (126)...Cease is joined by Aaron Nola, José Berríos, Patrick Corbin Kevin Gausman, Kyle Gibson and Charlie Morton as the only 7 pitchers to have made 30+ starts each season from 2021-24...His 18 100+ pitch outings in ’24 were most among all Major League hurlers, with CIN Hunter Greene ranking second with 16...he owned more than half of the Padres 100+ pitch outings (18 of 33) in 2024...Since his first full season in '21 through ‘24, his 96.4 pitches per game were the fifth-highest average among all qualifying pitchers (min. 400 IP), trailing only Gerrit Cole (97.9), Sandy Alcantara (97.5), Zack Wheeler (97.1) and Luis Castillo (97.0)…Among all qualifying NL hurlers in ‘24, he ranked first in whiff rate (32.4%) and total whiffs (498), second in hits allowed/9 IP (6.51), tied-for-second in total strikeouts (224), third in pitches thrown (3,188), third in SO/9 IP (10.65), third in opponent OPS (.601), fourth in base runners allowed/9 (9.70), fourth in WHIP (1.07) and sixth in HR/9 IP (0.86)...With 224 strikeouts on the campaign, Cease eclipsed the 200-strikeout mark for the fourth straight season...the last five pitchers to post 200+ strikeouts in at least four straight seasons are Cease (four seasons, 2021-24), Aaron Nola (five seasons, 2018-23), Gerrit Cole (five seasons, 2018-23), Charlie Morton (four seasons, 2018-22) and Max Scherzer (nine seasons, 2012-21)...His 891 strikeouts from 2021-24 led the Majors, with the next closest being Corbin Burnes (858) and Aaron Nola (857)...Combined with rotation-mate Michael King (201 strikeouts) as the only NL duo in the same rotation to rank in the Top 5 in punchouts in ’24, also becoming just the second Padres duo to eclipse the 200-strikeout plateau in the same season 21 of his career 22 double-digit strikeout games have come since his first full-season in '21...the 21 double-digit strikeout games are tied for third-most 10+ strikeout games over that span with Corbin Burnes (21) and Kevin Gausman (21), trailing only Gerrit Cole (24) and Blake Snell (22)...Set a franchise record with 149 first-half strikeouts, passing Andy Benes' 138 in 1994 for the most strikeouts before the All-Star break in Padres history...With his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the season Sept 13 at SF, Cease became the fourth SP in MLB history to reach 1,000 strikeouts in fewer than 850.0 innings pitched, joining the three who were also at the ballpark that night to witness... Robbie Ray, Yu Darvish and Blake Snell...In 2023, Cease ranked among Major League leaders in swing and misses (fifth, 468), and in ‘24, his 496 whiffs led the Majors, ahead of KC Cole Ragans' 486...His 27 whiffs on July 13 at ATL tied-for-second-most in a game leaguewide in ‘24 with SF's Hayden Birdsong on July 21 @ COL, trailing only Blake Snell's 30 whiffs on July 27 vs. COL...In ’24, Cease threw the second-most breaking balls (1,753) in the Majors by a wide margin, with rotation-mate Matt Waldron's 1,422 ranking second…opponents hit .176 against his breaking stuff in ’24...From 2021-24, his 6,653 total breaking balls thrown were by far the most in the Majors, ahead of rotation-mate Yu Darvish (5,055), Charlie Morton (4,624) and Logan Gilbert (4,352)…Cease's slider was his 2nd-most used pitch (42.9%), and it generated a league-high 44.6 whiff% and league-best .159 AVG...On the season, he owned a 32.4 whiff rate that ranked in the 92nd percentile league-wide (league average was 25.0%)... he's ranked in the 83rd-plus percentile in whiff rate each season since his first full campaign in 2021...Since the beginning of the 2021 season, Cease had 14 starts with at least 5.0 innings pitched and no more than one hit allowed...Blake Snell (12) and Freddy Peralta (10) had the second and third-most starts, respectively...From ’21-24, Cease had eight outings allowing one hit-or-fewer across at least 7.0 innings pitched, which are the most such starts in the Majors over that time frame...Blake Snell has six such outings since '21, with four of those six coming in 2021-23 with SD, while rotation-mate Joe Musgrove, Max Scherzer, Carlos Rodon, Alek Manoah, Framber Valdez and Bowden Francis are the only other six hurlers with four such outings...Before being designated as one of the Padres three Seoul Series extras for the two-game series vs. LAD at the Gocheok Sky Dome, he made the start in the March 11 exhibition game vs. the LG Twins at the Gocheok Sky Dome, allowing just one hit (a solo HR) across 30 pitches (19 strikes) in 2.0 IP....made his state-side Padres debut in the March 26 exhibition vs. SEA with 4.0 IP of five-hit, three-run ball, striking out four and walking two.... he threw 46 of his 75 pitches for strikes...Made his regular season Padres debut March 30 vs. SF and was tagged with the loss, allowing three runs (2 ER) on two hits across 4.2 IP in SD's 9-6 defeat...he struck out six and walked two, receiving zero runs of support...Cease won his third consecutive start, lowered his season ERA to 1.82, and made Coors Field history in his fifth start of the season vs. the Rockies on April 22…he became the first and only pitcher in Coors Field history (since 1995) to allow one hit-or-fewer and issue zero walks across 7.0+ IP...The right-hander made his first career starts vs. the Phillies on April 27 and vs. Nats on June 26...he has now faced 29 ML teams, leaving his former club, the Chicago White Sox, as the only team left for him to square off against...entering this season, the Nationals, Phillies and White Sox were the three teams he was yet to face...On May 8 at Wrigley Field in SD’s 3-0, one-hit shutout victory at Wrigley Field, Cease started the Padres' historic streak of starting pitching, posting the first of four consecutive outings allowing two hits-or-fewer across at least 5.0 IP...the Padres became the first team to string together four consecutive such starts since at least 1893 (the first season the current mound distance was established)...it was also the first time in the Statcast era (since 2015) the Cubs did not have a hard-hit ball (exit velo 95+mph) at Wrigley Field...On June 29 vs. MIL, he posted his 2nd double-digit strikeout game of the season (10) while walking two, and became just the second Padre pitcher to ever go 4.2-or-fewer innings and also punch out at least 10 batters (also: Andrew Cashner on June 1, 2015 vs. NYM, going 4.2 IP with 12 SO)...Across six starts in July, Cease led the Majors in strikeouts (49) and tied for the ML-lead in wins (4) and starts (6)...he also ranked second in IP (38.1), third in opp. AVG (.143), sixth in WHIP (0.81) and ninth in ERA (2.35)...The 2022 AL Cy Young runner-up won four games within a single month for the first time since July 2022, and became the first Padres starter with four wins in a single month since Snell did so in July 2023, en route to his Cy Young Award...From July 13-July 25, Cease became the first pitcher since at least 1901 to go 6.0+ IP and allow one hit-or-fewer in three straight outings, and also became the first pitcher since at least 1901 with 30-or-more SO and two-or-fewer hits allowed in a 3-outing span...Cease set a single-season Major League record with five outings in which he allowed one hit-or-fewer across 7.0+ IP (April 22 at COL, May 8 at CHC, June 26 vs. WSH and July 20 @ CLE and July 25 @ WSH)...TOR’s Bowden Francis had four such outings in 2024, and prior to this season, the last MLB pitcher to have four such outings was Hall-of-Famer Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander...Also set an MLB record with 6 outings of 6.0+ IP with one hit-or-fewer allowed, and no other pitcher since at least 1893 (first season mound distance of 60-feet, six-inches established) has had more than 4 such outings (happened several times)...Cease, however, is the only pitcher to ever to have multiple campaigns with at least four such separate outings, with the four he had in '22 with CWS...Across his final start of the first half (July 13 vs. ATL) and his first start of the second half (July 20 at CLE), he became the first Padres pitcher to ever have back-to-back starts in which he allowed no more than one hit and zero runs to go along with double-digit strikeouts...His 4 consecutive wins from July 13-31 tied his four from Aug. 2-18, 2020 for the second-longest winning decision streak of his career, trailing only his career-high five from July 12-Aug. 5, 2022...On July 25 at WSH, the right-hander twirled the second no-hitter in Padres’ history, permitting three walks with nine SO after waiting out a 76-minute rain delay in the top of the first inning...he capped off his performance by retiring the final nine batters in order...Previously, Cease’s longest no-hit bid was 8.2 IP on Sept 3, 2022, when now-teammate Luis Arraez broke up the no-hitter with a two-out single in the ninth inning...Cease became the 6th pitcher in the Expansion Era (since 1961) to both lose a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning-or-later and later complete a no-no, joining Roy Halladay, Dave Stieb, Tom Seaver, Jim Maloney and Larry Dierker...Cease’s final pitch of the no-hitter was his 114th of the game, setting a new career-high...had thrown 113 pitches twice, on May 8, 2024 @ CHC and April 16, 2023 vs. BAL...Earned his 3rd career Pitcher of the Month award for July after previously winning in back-to-back months in June and July 2022 as a member of CWS…also earned his first career Player of the Week honor on July 29, becoming the second pitcher to win the award in ‘24 after HOU's Ronel Blanco took home the AL weekly won on April 6, following his no-hitter...he's the first SD pitcher to win the award since rotation-mate Yu Darvish on Sept. 19, 2022...In his first start vs. LAD as a Padre on Wednesday, July 31, Cease allowed his first run since July 7 at AZ in the third inning, snapping his career-high scoreless inning streak at 24.0 IP... it was the second-longest scoreless-inning streak by an SD hurler in ‘24, trailing only Yu Darvish's 25.0 scoreless frames from April 14-May 19...it also tied for the fourth-longest streak by an SP league-wide in ‘24...The right-hander faced off against PIT on Tuesday Aug. 6 for the first time since 2021 but threw just 14 pitches in the shortest outing of his career (1.0 IP)...he did not return after a 2-hour, 40-minute rain delay, and did not have a chance to earn the win in his 5th consecutive start. POSTSEASON: Cease made the second and third Postseason starts of his career (third and fourth appearances) in the NLDS vs. the Dodgers...He was spotted a 3-0 lead in Game 1 of the NLDS on Oct. 5 at Dodger Stadium, but allowed five ER on six hits with five SO and two BB across 3.1 IP, not factoring into SD's 7-5 defeat...He was tagged with the loss in SD’s 8-0, Game 4 defeat on Oct. 9 at Petco Park, allowing three ER on four hits with one SO and one BB.
2023
Set career highs in starts (33) and pitches thrown (3,262) … ranked among the American League leaders in starts (T1st), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (2nd, 10.88), strikeouts (5th, 214) and home runs per 9.0 IP (7th, 0.97)...His ERA increase of 2.38 from 2022 (2.20 to 4.58) was the largest in MLB among qualifying pitchers...Recorded his third consecutive season with 200-plus strikeouts, joining Chris Sale (2013-16) and Ed Walsh (1910-12) as the only pitchers in White Sox history to accomplish that feat...Finished the season in 23rd place in Sox history with 792 strikeouts, one behind Juan Pizarro for 22nd … moved up 11 spots during the season, passing Javier Vázquez, Johnny Rigney, José Contreras, James Baldwin, Early Wynn, Carlos Rodón, Britt Burns, Thornton Lee, Floyd Bannister, Jon Garland and Wilson Álvarez...Ranked among the MLB leaders in swing and misses (5th, 468) and swinging strike percentage (7th, 13.6) … posted a 43.3 whiff percentage with his slider, the ninth-highest mark in baseball (min. 150 plate appearances)...Made 32-plus starts for the third straight season, becoming the first White Sox pitcher since José Quintana from 2013-16 to accomplish the feat and first RHP since Vázquez from 2006-08 … is one of three pitchers in MLB with 32-plus starts each season since 2021, joining RHPs José Berríos and Aaron Nola as the only MLB pitchers since 2021 to make 32-plus starts each season...Made his first career Opening Day start on 3/30 at Houston, the defending World Series champion … posted a no decision despite allowing one run on two hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts over 6.1 IP … retired 19 straight batters after allowing a leadoff single to Jeremy Peña … Additional information from his OD outing: The 19 consecutive hitters retired tied for the third-longest streak on Opening Day since at least 1974 (STATS LLC). Became the fourth pitcher in AL history with no walks and 10-plus strikeouts on Opening Day, joining Hall-of Famers Walter Johnson (1916) and Mike Mussina (1998) and Jered Weaver (2012) … source: ESPN Stats and Info. Recorded his 14th career double-digit strikeout game, tied with Lucas Giolito for the fourth-highest total in Sox history. His 10 strikeouts tied Jack McDowell (1991) for the most by a White Sox pitcher on Opening Day...Earned the win in his home debut on 4/5 vs. San Francisco, allowing one run on one hit (a solo homer) with five walks and eight strikeouts over five IP...Recorded his 600th career strikeout (José Miranda) on 4/10 at Minnesota … suffered his first loss on 4/27 vs. Tampa Bay (6 ER/4.0 IP), his most runs allowed since 5/24/22...Posted a ND on 5/13 vs. Houston despite allowing four hits over six scoreless IP (Sox won, 3-1) … marked his first scoreless outing of the season...Went 0-0 with a 2.20 ERA (7 ER/28.2 IP), .192 (20-104) opponents average and 42 strikeouts over five starts in the June...Opened the month by allowing one run in back-to-back starts on 6/3 vs. Detroit (5.1 IP) and 6/9 vs. Miami (6.0 IP) … recorded 10 strikeouts in 5.1 IP on 6/15 at the Dodgers, his 15th career game with 10 or more...Made a quality start on 6/20 vs. Texas, allowing two runs on five hits with nine strikeouts over 6.0 IP … struck out 10 batters in a ND on 6/26 at the Angels (1 ER/6.0 IP) … marked his 16th career double-digit strikeout performance, the third-highest total in franchise history...Set the club record with his eighth straight ND on 7/7 vs. St. Louis (5 ER/6.0 IP) … also reached 700 career strikeouts in 583.0 IP, the fastest pace to the milestone in club history (Elias)...Snapped his eight-start stretch of no decisions with a win on 7/16 at Atlanta (1 ER/5.0 IP), his first career start in his native Georgia … posted a ND on 7/22 at Minnesota despite giving up just one run on three hits with nine strikeouts over 6.0 IP...Earned the win on 8/7 vs. the Yankees, allowing one hit with a career-high tying seven walks over 5.1 scoreless IP … became the first White Sox pitcher since Dan Wright on 8/6/2001 vs. Tampa Bay to record a win while issuing seven-plus walks in a scoreless outing...Worked a season-high 7.0 IP in a loss on 8/13 vs. Milwaukee (2 ER) … allowed a career-high nine runs (eight earned) over 4.1 IP on 8/25 vs. Oakland...Went 1-2 with a 2.83 ERA (9 ER/28.2 IP) and 38 strikeouts over five starts in September...Earned his seventh win on 9/12 vs. Kansas City, allowing just one run with eight strikeouts over 5.1 IP...Received a no-decision on 9/23 at Boston despite tossing seven scoreless IP with no walks and a season-high 11 strikeouts … marked his 17th career double-digit strikeout game, tying Walsh for second-most in White Sox history.
2022
Finished in second place in the American League Cy Young Award voting with 97 points, the highest finish by a White Sox pitcher since RHP Esteban Loaiza was the runner-up in 2003...Ranked among the AL leaders in numerous categories (see box at right)...ranked among the MLB leaders in ERA (third, 2.20), opponents average (third, .190) and slugging percentage (third, .306), strikeouts percentage (third, .304), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (fourth, 11.10) and strikeouts (fifth, 227)...For the Books: His 11.10 SO/9.0 IP ranked fifth in Sox history (his 12.28 mark in 2021 is the club record), his 227 strikeouts ranked eighth, and his 2.20 ERA was the lowest by a qualifying White Sox pitcher in a full season since Chris Sale in 2014 (2.17)...Club 220 K: Recorded 220-plus strikeouts for the second straight season, becoming just the fourth pitcher in club history with multiple years of 220-plus...Ed Walsh (4x), Sale (3x) and teammate Lucas Giolito (2x) also accomplished the feat...Piling up Punchouts: Became the seventh pitcher in White Sox history to record multiple 200-strikeout seasons, joining Walsh (5x), Sale (4x), Giolito, Javier Vázquez, Tom Bradley and Gary Peters (2x each)...the only other MLB pitchers to strike out 200-plus in both 2021 and 2022 were Sandy Alcántara, Corbin Burnes, Gerrit Cole, Kevin Gausman, Charlie Morton, Aaron Nola, Robbie Ray, Carlos Rodón and Spencer Strider...Cease and Destroy the Record Book: Set an MLB record with 14 straight starts allowing one earned run or less from 5/29-8/11 (0.66 ERA; 6 ER/82.0 IP)...allowed one or zero earned runs 23 times, tied with Wilbur Wood (1972) for the most in club history, and the most by an MLB starter (non-opener) since Tampa Bay's Blake Snell in 2018 (also 23)...Made five starts of six-plus scoreless IP and three or fewer hits allowed, tied for fourth-most in MLB behind Zac Gallen (seven), Yu Darvish (six) and Shohei Ohtani (six), and tied with Billy Pierce (1953) for the most by a Sox pitcher in the modern era...Ranked third in MLB with a 1.44 ERA (17 ER/106.1 IP) in day games and eighth with a 2.35 home mark (28 ER/107.1 IP)...Limited righties to a .163/.238/.289 (56-343) slash line with 10 homers, and lefties to a .219/.319/.325 (70-320) mark with six homers...the .163 average vs. RHP ranked fourth in the AL...The White Sox went 20-12 in his starts (61-69 otherwise)...received an average of 5.04 runs of support per 9.0 IP (103 RS/184.0 IP)....averaged 97.5 pitchers per start, made 16 quality starts and allowed just 6.16 hits per 9.0 IP...Won his season debut on 4/9 at Detroit, allowing one run on two hits with eight strikeouts over five IP...also won his home debut on 4/15 vs. Tampa Bay (1 ER/5.2 IP)...suffered his first loss on 4/21 at Cleveland (4 ER/5.1 IP)...Cease and Desist: Earned the win on 5/2 vs. the Angels, allowing one hit with no walks and a career-high tying 11 strikeouts (fifth time) over seven scoreless IP...marked his 10th career double-digit strikeout effort, tying Gary Peters and Jim Scott for ninth-most in club history...joined Peters (7/15/63 vs. Baltimore) as the only pitchers in Sox history to throw seven-plus scoreless IP with one or zero hits allowed, zero walks and 11-plus strikeouts (Baseball Reference/Stathead)...recorded his third career start with 10-plus strikeouts and fewer than two hits allowed, matching Chris Sale for the most in club history (Elias)...Cea-king Strikeouts: Received an ND on 5/12 vs. the Yankees after allowing six runs on six hits, including two homers, with a career-high tying 11 strikeouts over four IP…joined former teammate LHP Carlos Rodón (7/25/17 at Cubs) as the only pitchers in MLB history to strike out 11 batters in 4.0 IP or less … also became the first White Sox starter in the expansion era (since 1961) to record a strikeout for each of the first eight outs of a game (Elias)…reached 400 career strikeouts (Anthony Rizzo in the first) in 331.2 IP, the fastest pace in club history (surpassed Chris Sale; 400 SO/379.2 IP)…struck out 10-plus batters for the 11th time, tying Billy Pierce for eighth-most in club history. l Improved to 4-1 on 5/17-1 at Kansas City after striking out nine batters over 5.2 scoreless IP…his 67 strikeouts after eight starts were the third-most in Sox history behind Rodón (72 in 2021) and Gary Peters (69 in 1967)…source: Elias. l Withholding Earnings: Did not allow an earned run in five straight starts from 5/29-6/1, joining Doc White (five straight shutouts in 1904) as the only starting pitchers in White Sox history to accomplish that feat … struck out 37 (12.18 per 9.0 IP), surrendered 17 hits (15 singles) and limited opponents to a .175 (97 at-bats) during the five-start stretch (27.1 IP)…extended the streak without allowing an earned run to 29.1 IP on 6/26 vs. Baltimore, the longest by a Sox pitcher since Matt Albers went 36.0 IP from 8/4/15-5/1/16 (STATS). l History Class with Professor Cease: Went 8-3 with a 0.66 ERA (6 ER/82.0 IP), .172 (50-290) opponents average, 1.05 WHIP, .518 opponents OPS and 103 strikeouts (11.30 per 9.0 IP) over 14 starts from 5/29-8/11 … allowed one earned run or less in each of the 14 outings, the longest streak in MLB history (previous mark was 12)…additional information on Cease's streak of allowing one earned run or less: u The only other starters in MLB history to allow one earned run or less in 14 or more consecutive starts were openers; u His 0.66 ERA is the fourth-best mark in MLB (since 1913) over any 14-start stretch in the same season…trails Bob Gibson (0.56 ERA from 6/11-8/19/68 and 6/6-8/14/68) and Walter Johnson (0.58 ERA; 4/22-6/27/1918); Five of his six earned runs allowed came on solo home runs; u Nine of the starts were quality, struck out eight or more eight times and allowed three hits or less in seven outings; u Recorded a 21.2 scoreless IP streak from the fifth inning on 7/7 vs. Detroit through the first on 7/31 vs. Oakland … marked the longest scoreless streak by a Sox pitcher since teammate Lucas Giolito's 22.0 IP mark from 5/28-6/8/19. l Allowed one-plus run but zero earned runs in four consecutive starts from 5/29-6/24, the first MLB pitcher in the modern era to post those numbers…went 1-1 with a 0.00 ERA (10 unearned runs/21.1 IP) and 26 strikeouts during the four-start span. l Received a ND on 5/29 vs. the Cubs despite allowing just one unearned run on two hits with five strikeouts over 7.0 IP. l Was on the Restricted List from 5/31-6/2 during the White Sox series at Toronto. l To the Moon in June: Was named AL Pitcher of the Month for June, his first career monthly honor…went 2-1 with a 0.33 ERA (1 ER/27.1 IP), 45 strikeouts (14.82 per 9.0 IP) and a .192 (19-99) opponents average over five starts to become the first White Sox pitcher to win the award since Giolito in May 2019…made five consecutive starts without allowing an earned run from 5/29-6/26 (29.1 IP), joining Doc White in 1904 as the only starting pitchers in Sox history to accomplish that feat. l Did not factor in the decision on 6/4 at Tampa Bay after allowing two unearned runs on one hit with seven walks and five strikeouts over 4.2 IP (101 pitches)…became the 11th starter (12th time) in franchise history to allow one hit or less with seven-plus walks … marked the second such outing of his career following 9/20/20 at Cincinnati (3 ER/3.0 IP; 0 H, 7 BB)...Struck out 11 batters over 6.0 scoreless IP in a ND on 6/21 vs. Toronto and a career-high 13 on 6/26 vs. Baltimore (W; 1 ER/7.0 IP)...allowed a solo home run in the third inning on 6/26 to snap his streak of IP without allowing an earned run at 29.1...Surrendered a solo homer in three consecutive starts, his only runs allowed, from 6/26-7/7...posted a 1.50 ERA (3 ER/18.0 IP) with 25 strikeouts and 11 hits allowed during the stretch...Made three straight scoreless starts from 7/12-24, going 3-0 with a .194 (13-67) opponents average and 21 strikeouts over 18.2 IP...surrendered just one hit with eight strikeouts over seven scoreless IP on 7/17 at Minnesota...also recorded his 500th career strikeout (José Miranda) in the fifth inning...Fly in July: Was named the AL Pitcher of the Month for July, his second consecutive monthly honor...went 5-1 with a 0.76 ERA (3 ER/35.2 IP), .188 (24-128) opponents average, .567 opponents OPS and 40 strikeouts over six starts...all three runs allowed came on solo home runs...surrendered four hits or less four times...led the AL in ERA and wins, tied for fifth in strikeouts, ranked sixth in opponents slugging percentage (.297), seventh in opponents average and OPS and ninth in WHIP (1.04)...additional information on his historic July: Became the first pitcher in franchise history to win the AL monthly award twice in the same season; Joined Sale (twice), José Contreras (three times) and Mark Buehrle (twice) as the only Sox pitchers to win the award multiple times...the last pitcher to be honored in consecutive months was Houston’s Gerrit Cole in June and July 2019; His 0.76 ERA followed his 0.33 mark in June, becoming the first Sox pitcher since at least 1913 to record a sub-1.00 ERA in consecutive months (minimum 25.0 IP in each month); His ERA is the fourth-lowest in the month in franchise history, and the lowest since Billy Pierce’s 0.62 mark in 1955; According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became the third pitcher in MLB history to work five-plus IP and allow one run or less in nine or more consecutive starts, joining Bob Gibson (11 in 1968) and the Philadelphia A's Jack Coombs (11 in 1910)...His streak of starts allowing one earned run or less was snapped on 8/16 vs. Houston when he gave up three runs on six hits over 5.0 IP...marked the first time he allowed more than one earned run since 5/24 vs. Boston (7 ER/3.0 IP)...Nearly a No-No: Lost his bid for a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning on 9/3 vs. Minnesota...held the Twins hitless until surrendering a two-out single to Luis Arraez in the ninth...walked two and struck out seven in his second career complete game and shutout (first of 9.0 IP)...additional information on his near no-hitter: First pitcher in Sox history to lose a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth since Ken Brett on 5/26/76 vs. California (Elias/STATS)...Brett lost his no-hit bid on Jerry Remy's infield single and he went on to lose the game, 1-0, in 10 innings (1 ER/9.1 IP); First Sox pitcher since Dennis Lamp on 8/25/1981 at Milwaukee to record a complete-game one-hitter while losing his no-hit bid in the ninth inning; First MLB pitcher since Pete Alexander in 1915 to record four games in a season with six-plus shutout IP and no more than one hit allowed (Elias); Second MLB pitcher in 2022 to lose a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth following St. Louis' Mile Mikolas on 6/14 vs. Pittsburgh...Earned his 14th and final win on 9/8 at Oakland after allowing just three hits with nine strikeouts over six scoreless IP...Went 0-2 with a 3.27 ERA (8 ER/22.0 IP) and 21 strikeouts over his final four starts from 9/14-10/1.
2021
Established career bests in virtually every category, including strikeouts (226), IP (165.2), wins (13) and ERA (3.91)....Piling Up Punchouts: His 12.28 SO/9.0 IP led the American League and established a White Sox single-season record … his 226 strikeouts ranked third in the A...and tied for the eighth-highesttota...in Sox history … recorded eight 10-plus strikeout games, tied with Chris Sale (2014) for second-most in club history (Sale13 in 2015)… became the first Sox RHP to finish in the Top 3 of the A...in strikeouts since Esteban Loaiza led with 207 in 2003....200 K Club: Along with Lucas Giolito (201), became just the second Sox teammates to each record 200-plus strikeouts, joining Tom Bradley (206) and Wilbur Wood (210) in 1971....Swing and Miss Stuff: Recorded 478 swing and misses, the fifth-most in baseball...(teammate Lucas Giolito was fourth with 483) … 242 of those came inside the strike zone … recorded10-plus swing/misses in a game 29 times and 20-plus five times....Limited lefties to a .226 (70-310) average, down from .256 in 2020 and .285 in 2019....Went 6-2 with a 3.18 ERA (30 ER/85.0 IP), 115 strikeouts and .205 (64-312) opponents average in 16 starts at home …his 115 strikeouts were the most by a White Sox pitcher since Chris Sale's 116 in 2016....Became fifth starter in franchise history to work less than 5.0IP in each his first four-plus starts of a season (al...ND)....Made his season debut on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball on 4/4 at the Angels (ND, 3 ER/4.2 IP)....Was placed on the IL on 4/14 for precautionary reasons …was reinstated on 4/16 following a series of negative COVID-19 tests and started on...Recorded a career-high scoreless streak of 14.0 IP from4/29-1-5/11....Complete Dominance: Recorded his first career complete game and shutout on 4/29-2 vs. Detroit … struck out nine and surrendered just three hits over a career-high tying 7.0 scoreless IP (third time) … retired the final 17 Tigers of the game …improved to 6-0 with a 2.29 ERA (9 ER/35.1 IP) over six career starts vs. Detroit, the first White Sox pitcher to win each of his first six-plus career starts against a single opponent since LHP Mark Buehrle won seven in row vs. Texas from 2001-05 (Elias)....Cease and Destroy: Surrendered just one hit with three walks and a career-high tying 11 strikeouts (second time) over 6.0 scoreless IP in a win on 5/4 at Cincinnati … held the Reds hitless through the first four innings … walked Mike Moustakas with one out in the second to snap his streak of 21 consecutive hitters retired … went 3-for-3 with two singles and a double in his first professional...plate appearances … became the first Sox pitcher in the DH era (since 1973) to record three hits in a game information...Became the ninth pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to allow no runs, strike out 10-plus batters and collect three-plus hits, the second Sox pitcher to accomplish the feat (Red Faber on 4/15/1915 at St. Louis) and the first in MLB since St. Louis' Adam Wainwright on 4/13/2013 vs. Milwaukee... Prior to Wainwright, the last MLB pitcher with such a game was Oakland's Jim "Catfish" Hunter in his perfect game on 5/8/68 vs. Minnesota … White Sox manager Tony La Russa was optioned before the game and watched the performance from the Athletics clubhouse Became the first Sox pitcher to start his career 3-3 at the plate, and the first in the A...since Boston's Boo Ferriss in 1945 … became just the third MLB pitcher since 1974 to start his career 3-3, joining Montreal's T.J. Tucker (2000-02) and the Mets’ Steven Matz (2015)... Was the first Sox pitcher with three hits since Tom Bradley on 5/14/72 vs. Baltimore, the first with an extra-base hit since Carlos Rodón (double) on 7/25/17 at Cubs, and the first MLB pitcher with a three-hit game since Washington's Stephen Strasburg on 7/18/19 at Atlanta...Was the first pitcher to outhit an opponent in a game since Vida Blue, who outhit Kansas City (2-1) on 9/11/1970....Allowed one run on four hits 10 strikeouts over 6.0 IP on 5/27vs. Baltimore … recorded 29 swing-and-misses, tied for the fourth-highest tota...in MLB during the season and second-most by a Sox pitcher in the Statcast era (since 2015) behind Lucas Giolito (30) in his no-hitter on 8/25/20 vs. Pittsburgh....Struck out 10 and allowed just five hits (three singles) over7.0 scoreless IP in a victory on 6/6 vs. Detroit....Elite Eight!: Improved to 8-0 in his first eight career starts vs. the Tigers with a win on 6/12 at Comerica Park (2 ER/5.0 IP) …became the first Sox pitcher to win his first eight starts against an opponent, and the first in MLB to accomplish the feat since Jamie Moyer won his first 10 against Florida from 2006-08....Recorded his fourth career double-digit strikeout performance on 7/16 vs. Houston, fanning 10 over 5.2 IP....Dealin' in August: Went 4-0 with a 2.83 ERA (11 ER/35.0 IP),50 strikeouts and a .176 (22-125) opponents average over six starts in August … ranked among the A...leaders in opponents average (1st), SO/9.0 IP (1st, 12.86), strikeouts (2nd), wins(T2nd) and WHIP (4th, 0.97)....Struck out a career-high tying 11 batters (third time) on 8/3vs. Kansas City, tossing 6.0 scoreless IP for his eighth victory....Recorded his second consecutive 10-plus strikeout game in a 9-3 win on 8/8 at Wrigley Field, becoming the 15th pitcher in White Sox history to accomplish the feat....Earned the win in his second start vs. the Cubs on 8/29 …matched his career high with 11 strikeouts (fourth time), allowing one run on four hits over 6.0 IP....Recorded his 12th victory on 9/17 at Texas, tossing 5.0 scoreless IP with 10 strikeouts … it marked his eighth double-digit strikeout performance of the season (ninth career), tied with Chris Sale (2014) for second-most in White Sox history....Earned his 13th and final...win on 9/24 at Cleveland after tossing 5.1 scoreless IP with nine strikeouts … left the game in the sixth inning after being hit in the right triceps with a comebacker off the bat of Bradley Zimmer....Started Game 3 of the ALDS vs. Houston, the Sox first home playoff game since 2008 … posted a ND despite allowing three runs on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts over 1.2 IP, his shortest start of the season … the White Sox won, 12-6.
2020
Spent his first full season in the major leagues after making his first career Opening Day roster...Lowered his ERA from 5.79 in 2019 to 4.01 and his opponents' batting average from .271 to .234 … limited right-handers to a .202 (18-89) average...Averaged 6.79 strikeouts and 5.25 walks per 9.0 IP (9.99 and 4.32 in 2019) …his 5.25 walks and 1.85 home runs per 9.0 IP (12 homers) both were the highest rates in the American League...Averaged less than 5.0 IP per start …threw 6.0-plus IP four times in 12 starts…received an average of 5.86 runs of support per 9.0 IP, but the Sox scored just one run in his final three starts...Went 4-1 with a 3.18 ERA (14 ER/39.2 IP) vs. the AL Central and 0-3 with a 5.79 ERA (12 ER/18.2 IP) vs. the NL...Made his season debut on 7/28-1 at Cleveland, allowing four runs on seven hits (two homers) over 2.1 IP...Recorded a career-best, four-game winning streak from 8/2-18, posting a 1.93 ERA (5 ER/23.1 IP)... Earned his first win on 8/2 at Kansas City (2 ER/6.0 IP) and his first at home on 8/7 vs. Cleveland (5.0 scoreless IP) … posted back-to-back wins against Detroit on 8/12 at Comerica Park (1 ER/6.0 IP) and 8/17 in Chicago (2 ER/6.1 IP)...His winning streak ended on 8/23 at the Cubs despite allowing two runs on four hits over 6.0 IP against his former team … carried a 1-0 lead into the sixth inning before allowing a two-run homer to Kyle Schwarber … Cubs held on for 2-1 win...Earned his final win on 9/3 at Kansas City (3 ER/5.0 IP) … went 0-2 with a 5.71 ERA (11 ER/17.1 IP) and 14 walks over his final four starts...Issued a career-high seven walks with zero hits over 3.0 IP on 9/20 at Cincinnati … lost his final start of the season on 9/25 vs. the Cubs, allowing five runs (three homers) over 4.2 IP...Made one relief appearance in the AL Wild Card Series at Oakland, working 1.0 scoreless IP in Game 2.
2019
Began the season with Class AAA Charlotte before making his major-league debut with the White Sox in July ... His average of 9.99 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (81 SO/73.0 IP) was the highest in franchise history by a rookie (min. 10 starts) … his fastball averaged 96.6 mph and topped out at 100.1 mph ... Lowered his ERA to 3.00 (7 ER/21.0 IP) in September (four starts) after recording a 6.86 mark (16 ER/21.0 IP) in July (four) and 6.97 (24 ER/31.0 IP) in August (six) ... Limited opponents to a .176 average (12-for-68) the third time through the order (.314 the first time and .288 the second) ... His contract was purchased from Charlotte on 7/3 … made his major-league debut that afternoon as the starter in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Detroit … earned the win after allowing three runs on four hits with four walks and six strikeouts over 5.0 IP … struck out JaCoby Jones in the second for the first of his career … became the first Sox starter to win his major-league debut since Scott Carroll on 4/27/14 vs. Tampa Bay ... Recorded a four-game losing streak from 7/16-8/1 (6.65 ERA, 17 ER/23.0 IP) … worked 7.0 IP for the first time in a loss on 8/1 vs. the Mets ... Earned his first career road win on 8/6-1 vs. Detroit (2 ER/5.0 IP) … struck out nine in a win on 8/23 vs. Texas (3 ER/6.0 IP) ... Recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts on 9/3 at Cleveland, tied with Carlos Rodón (8/11/15 vs. Angels) and Chris Knapp (9/13/76 vs. Kansas City) for the third-highest total by a Sox rookie since 1964 (STATS) ... Earned his final win on 9/20 at Detroit (1 ER/6.0 IP) … was scratched from his final start on 9/26 vs. Cleveland with a strained left hamstring suffered warming up in the bullpen ... Opened the season with Charlotte and made 15 starts … posted a 3.18 ERA (18 ER/51.0 IP) in April and May (10 GS) ... Preseason Baseball America Rankings: No. 3 prospect and possessing the Best Curveball in the White Sox system; No. 38 prospect in baseball ... Preseason MLB.com Rankings: No. 3 prospect in the Sox system; No. 25 overall and No. 5 RHP in baseball.
2018
Combined to go 12-2 with a 2.40 ERA (33 ER/124.0 IP), 160 strikeouts and a .189 (82-434) opponents average over 23 starts between Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham. Ranked among the minor-league leaders in opponents average (6th), strikeouts (12th) and wins (T14th)... Was named MLB Pipeline Pitcher of the Year, a two-time White Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Month honoree (July and August/September) and a Carolina League midseason All-Star... Averaged 11.6 strikeouts per 9.0 IP … struck out nine-plus batters seven times and 10-plus on three occasions... Limited left-handers to a .202 average (22-109) and righties to a .205 mark (30-146) between the two stops... Opened the season with the Dash and went 9-2 with a 2.89 ERA (23 ER/71.2 IP) and a CL-leading 82 strikeouts in 13 starts … allowed one earned run or less seven times...Was named C Pitcher of the Week for 4/30-5/6 after going 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA (1ER/13.0 IP) and 18 strikeouts over two starts … struck out 12 in 7.0 scoreless IP in a win on 5/1 vs. Lynchburg … threw 6.0 scoreless IP on 5/18 at Down East...Was promoted to Birmingham on 6/19, where he went 3-0 with a 1.72 ERA (10 ER/52.1 IP) and 78 strikeouts over 10 starts … allowed one run or less in eight of his 10 outings...Gave up five runs on seven hits over 4.2 IP in his Barons debut on 6/25 at Montgomery before going 3-0 with a 0.94 ERA (5 ER/47.2 IP) and 71 strikeouts over his last nine starts...Was named the White Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Month in July and August/September... Went 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA (4 ER/30.0 IP), 42 strikeouts and a .165 (17-103) opponents average over five starts in July and 1-0 with a 0.51 ERA (1 ER/17.2 IP), 29 strikeouts and .107 average (6-56) over four August starts... Tossed 24.0 consecutive scoreless IP from 7/20-8/10 … threw 7.0 scoreless IP on 7/25 vs. Tennessee, allowing one hit with
a career-high tying 12 strikeouts … did not allow a hit until two outs in the seventh inning...Threw 6.0 scoreless IP in his next start on 7/30 at Mississippi … allowed just one hit with nine strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless IP on 8/4 vs. Mobile … his scoreless streak ended when he gave up a run in the second inning on 8/19 at Montgomery...Fanned 11 batters over 5.0 scoreless IP in his final start on 8/22 at Jacksonville, his third game of the season with 10-plus...Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 5 prospect in the Sox system and No. 61 overall in baseball.
2017
Split the season between Class A South Bend in the Cubs organization and Class A Kannapolis (White Sox) … was acquired by the Sox on 7/13 as part of a five-player deal...Combined to post a 3.28 ERA (34 ER/93.1 IP) with 126 strikeouts in 22 starts between the two teams... Averaged 12.2 strikeouts per 9.0 IP and held the opposition to a .221 (74-335) average … yielded just three home runs...Was named to the South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star Team with South Bend despite being on the disabled list from 5/19-6/10 with a sprained right ankle...Posted a 0.60 ERA (1 ER/15.0 IP) over his first three starts of the season … threw 6.0 hitless IP on 4/19 vs. Great Lakes … struck out 10 batters over 4.2 IP on 4/29 at Fort Wayne...Was winless (0-8) with Kannapolis despite allowing three runs or less in all nine starts … matched his career high with 10 strikeouts over 6.0 IP on 8/25 vs. Lakewood...Was scheduled to start Game 1 of the South Atlantic League playoffs for Kannapolis but was placed on the disabled list on 9/6 with a strained right shoulder...Entered the season ranked by MLB.com as the No. 77 Prospect in baseball and No. 4 Prospect in the Cubs organization...Sox acquisition was recommended by Daraka Shaheed.
2016
Was named to the Northwest League postseason All-Star Team at Class A Eugene … also was tabbed by Baseball America as a Short-Season All-Star... Averaged 13.3 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (66 SO/44.2 IP) and held opponents to a .175 (27-154) average... Posted a 0.43 ERA (1 ER/21.0 IP) over his final five starts, allowing seven hits with 39 strikeouts...Was named NWL Pitcher of the Week for 8/29-9/5 after recording a 0.00 ERA (10.0 IP) with 18 strikeouts over two starts … struck out eight batters over 5.0 IP on 8/30 vs. Tri-City and 10 batters over 5.0 IP on 9/5 at Hillsboro... Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 5 Prospect in the Cubs organization.
2015
Spent the season with the Arizona League Cubs, making 11 appearances (eight starts)... Limited opponents to a .145 (12-83) average … posted a 2.18 ERA (5 ER/20.2 IP) as a starter … five of his eight starts were scoreless, including three of 3.0 IP... Did not make his pro debut until 6/22 at the AZL D'Backs as he continued to recover from Tommy John surgery … made his first start on 6/28 vs. the AZL Giants, throwing 2.0 scoreless IP.
2014
Did not pitch while recovering from Tommy John surgery ... Was recommended/signed by Keith Lockhart (Cubs).
