Dylan Cease

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The Padres and Dylan Cease have avoided arbitration, as reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The right-hander will earn $13.75MM in 2025. That’s just a hair over his $13.7MM salary projection, courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. More to come…

Evidence that Zac Gallen, who settled at $13.5 million, really should have been more aggressive with the Diamondbacks. Really, though, both pitchers could have asked for more in what will be their last years of arbitration. Cease is coming off the stronger season, though almost the entire difference there is that he made 33 starts and Gallen was limited to 28. Cease is 57-46 with a 3.75 ERA (114 ERA+) in 847 career innings, while Gallen is 53-37 with a 3.29 ERA (129 ERA+) in 815 career innings. Both figure to rate among next winter's most prized free agents.

Cease agreed to a one-year, $13.75 million contract with the Padres on Thursday, avoiding arbitration, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.