There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Cease's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 88.9 mph, against 82.3 off his changeup.
290 and 332 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .394 expected average against them, against .326 on his breaking balls.
103 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Cease has given up 11 tracked home runs, 7 of them to right field, the longest 433 feet.
11 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Cease works off the plate, with only 37.7% of his pitches in the zone, 10th percentile.
905 pitches in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 483rd in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Cease's stuff spins at 2,512 rpm, 89th percentile in the league.
905 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 60th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Cease projects a .353 average, 26th percentile.
905 pitches in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 397th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
33.3% of the contact against Cease with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.3% with the bases empty.
163 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 742 with the bases empty.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Cease averages 91.5 mph across his arsenal, 74th percentile in the league.
905 pitches in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 138th in MLB.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .339 average against Cease and left-handers to .366.
388 pitches to right-handed hitters, 517 to left-handed hitters.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
42.6% of the contact against Cease is on the ground and 34.8% of it is in the air.
359 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Cease is weak: 87.5 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile.
905 pitches in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 193rd in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.8% of the balls put in play against Cease have gone to centre field.
157 of 367 located batted balls allowed.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Cease's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 88.9 mph, against 82.3 off his changeup.
290 and 332 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .394 expected average against them, against .326 on his breaking balls.
103 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Cease has given up 11 tracked home runs, 7 of them to right field, the longest 433 feet.
11 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
42.6% of the contact against Cease is on the ground and 34.8% of it is in the air.
359 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.8% of the balls put in play against Cease have gone to centre field.
157 of 367 located batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Cease works off the plate, with only 37.7% of his pitches in the zone, 10th percentile.
905 pitches in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 483rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Cease's stuff spins at 2,512 rpm, 89th percentile in the league.
905 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 60th in MLB.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Cease projects a .353 average, 26th percentile.
905 pitches in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 397th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Cease is weak: 87.5 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile.
905 pitches in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 193rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
33.3% of the contact against Cease with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.3% with the bases empty.
163 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 742 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Cease averages 91.5 mph across his arsenal, 74th percentile in the league.
905 pitches in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 138th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .339 average against Cease and left-handers to .366.
388 pitches to right-handed hitters, 517 to left-handed hitters.
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