Of course Eloy Jimenez was the central figure in the White Sox trade of Jose Quintana to the Cubs in 2017, but Dylan Cease was a highly-regarded prospect in his own right, and on Thursday he received more validation when he won the MLB’s Pipeline Pitcher of the Year Award.
Cease was shut down by the White Sox organization due to reaching a pitch limit they had set for him, but his overall year showed tremendous growth. He pitched 124 innings, and went 12-2 with a stellar 2.40 ERA. Cease got stronger as the year went on, going 3-0 with an 1.