Cease was named minor-league Pitcher of the Year by MLB Pipeline, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The White Sox decided to shut down Cease for 2018 to limit his innings, James Fegan of The Athletic Chicago reports.

Cease allowed one run on two hits and five walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings for Double-A Birmingham on Friday.

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Chicago White Sox pitching prospect Dylan Cease has been crushing it in the minors. Cease was acquired from the Cubs in the Jose Quintana trade. He tossed six scoreless innings for Double-A Birmingham on Saturday night and struck out nine. He is now 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA in his last six starts. Cease is the team's fifth-ranked prospect and could be an option for their starting rotation at some point next season. Keep his name handy in dynasty/keeper leagues.

Cease threw six scoreless innings for Double-A Birmingham on Saturday, striking out nine while allowing one hit and no walks.

Cease retired the first 20 batters faced before allowing a hit in the seventh inning for Double-A Birmingham on Wednesday. He allowed the one hit and a walk while striking out 12 over seven innings.

Cease was promoted to Double-A Birmingham on Thursday, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

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Chicago White Sox starting pitching prospect Dylan Cease was dominant in his start on Thursday, striking out nine batters over a career-high 7 1/3 innings of work for the A-Advanced Winston-Salem Dash. Cease, 22, hit 99 mph on a fastball which was his 102nd pitch of the night. Cease is pushing for a promotion up to AA Birmingham, as his ERA is now down to 2.83 on the season. Don't look for him to make his MLB debut this season, but Cease is another pitching prospect in an increasingly deep White Sox system full of young arms.

Cease tossed seven shutout innings while striking out 12 Tuesday for High-A Winston-Salem against Lynchburg. He allowed two hits and zero walks.

Cease allowed one hit and two walks while striking out four over two innings in Monday's game against the Athletics, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Cease (shoulder) tossed 1.1 frames in his spring debut Wednesday. He allowed a hit and struck out one.

Cease (shoulder) was seen throwing breaking balls Tuesday, James Fegan of The Athletic Chicago reports.

Cease (shoulder) has been invited to the White Sox's major-league camp this spring, James Fegan of The Athletic Chicago reports.

Cease was scratched from his playoff start for Low-A Kannapolis on Tuesday due to shoulder fatigue, Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Cease, 21, has a 4.29 ERA and 49:17 K:BB in 35.2 innings at Low-A Kannapolis since being traded to the White Sox.

Cease was traded to the White Sox on Thursday as a part of the deal that sent Jose Quintana to the Cubs.

Cease (ankle) gave up one run and struck out four across two innings in his return from the disabled list Sunday with Low-A South Bend.

Cease (ankle) could return to the mound as soon as next week, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Cease (ankle sprain) is on the 7-day DL with Low-A South Bend, but is healing more quickly than anticipated and is not expected to miss much time, Emily Waldon of 2080Baseball.com reports.

Cease (ankle) announced that he's "okay" after leaving Thursday's outing in the second inning, Mark Gonzalez of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Cease exited Thursday's outing with a lower-body injury.

Cease, 21 has a 1.00 ERA and 15:5 K:BB through nine innings for Low-A South Bend.

Cease said he wants to work on his changeup and breaking ball this season, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Cease is likely to begin the 2017 season with Low-A South Bend, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Cease gave up one run and two hits - including a home run - in short-season Eugene's season opener Friday.