While the Chicago White Sox have been hugely disappointing this season, it certainly hasn't been the fault of ace right-hander Dylan Cease. He has put together a 13-game pitching run never before seen in MLB history and takes the mound this afternoon in Kansas City as the Sox look for a split of the four-game set.'They are -180 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook.
Cease (12-4, 1.98 ERA) allowed seven runs against the Red Sox on May 24 and has been all but untouchable since. The 26-year-old has allowed no more than one earned run in 1 3 consecutive starts, becoming the first starting pitcher (non-opener) in MLB history to accomplish that feat. Cease had been tied for the mark with the Mets' Jacob deGrom (2021) at 12, but now Cease stands alone after holding the Rangers to one run on two hits over six last Friday.
Cease is 8-2 with a 0.59 ERA over 76 innings in that stretch. He's tallied 95 strikeouts and held his opponents to a .174 average. That ERA is the fourth-best mark in majors since 1913 over any 13-start stretch in the same season. Cease's 1.98 overall ERA is the third-lowest mark by a White Sox pitcher through 22 starts of a season since 1920, trailing Gary Peters (1.50 in 1963) and Tommy John (1.94 in 1968).
That ERA also ranks second in the majors to Justin Verlander's 1.85 – Verlander remains the -175 favorite at Caesars to win the AL Cy Young but wasn't his usual dominant self on Wednesday. He allowed three runs over six innings in a no-decision vs. Texas.'
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