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We know Dylan Cease is having a great season.
It's also possibly a historic season.
It's not historic in the way you'd probably expect. His 2.01 ERA and 161 strikeouts are fantastic, to be sure, and his 3.8 rWAR puts him in a tie with Justin Verlander for the AL lead. Only Shane McClanahan has him beat in Baseball Prospectus's WAR equivalent (WARP). It's great company, but nothing record-shattering. We'll get to that in a moment.