Braves Linked to Cease, Is That Realistic?
Ahead of baseball’s Winter Meetings, Jon Morosi officially linked the Braves (among others) to current White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease.
I identified Cease earlier this season (around Trade Deadline) as someone I’d like to see the Braves bring in. Offseason trade packages tend to be a tad lighter versus those issued out at the Trade Deadline, just for the obvious reason that teams are more driven to add a specific player to their team halfway through a season than they are before the season even begins. That’s reason No. 1 my belief that Anthopoulos would bring Cease to Atlanta, increased after the Trade Deadline; Anthopoulos tends to accomplish more when overpays from other clubs aren’t a viable threat.