Perhaps some of you would view a Cubs signing of Dylan Cease as something that would “right a wrong” — that is, Cease was a major part of the deal that brought José Quintana to the Cubs, and Quintana generally wasn’t very good on the North Side, while Cease went on to have some very successful years with the White Sox and Padres.

Thing is, though, while Cease does have a couple of top-five Cy Young finishes in his resume, and one 6.4 bWAR season, he’s also had some years where he was pretty ordinary.

That includes 2025, when Cease put together a pedestrian 1.1 bWAR season with a 4.55 ERA and 1.327 WHIP.

That’s not really ideal when you’re entering your walk year, but here we are.

Even while posting those numbers, Cease led MLB in walks per nine innings in 2025 at 11.5. That translates

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