Dylan Cease
6´2´´
190 pounds
Throws: Right
Age: 23
2018 SSS Top Prospect rank: 5
SSS rank among all right-handed starting pitchers in the system: 2
Cease, a native of Milton, Ga., was ranked 30th best prep prospect in the 2014 MLB draft according to PerfectGame, prior to hurting his elbow in March of that year. The Chicago Cubs, in need of pitching prospects and noting that he had one of the best fastball/curveball combinations available, still paid him $1.5 million in the sixth round despite knowing that he’d need Tommy John surgery. Cease was worked in slowly with the Cubs organization, pitching just 68 2⁄3 innings over his first two seasons.