3 monstrous trade packages with enough star power to land Dylan Cease

Dylan Cease is reportedly one of the White Sox core four players considered untouchable. But do these three trade packages have enough to acquire the ace?

It’s been reported that the White Sox are actively looking to trade away their expiring contracts, including Keynan Middleton, Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn. Along with this report, it includes that their “core four” players are not likely to be traded, which includes their ace, Dylan Cease.

But even Dylan Cease could be pulled from the White Sox if the price is right. And there are teams in MLB that have the depth in their farm system that could make a realistic push for him. Whether or not he is dealt is still to be seen, but let’s look at a few different trade packages that could cause the White Sox to think twice before hanging up the phone.

The Reds could use their deep farm system to push for the White Sox ace, Dylan Cease

It’s no secret that the Cincinnati Reds are loaded with young depth through their entire organization while having very minimal high level starting pitching. In fact, before the All-Star break, their starting pitching was successfully pitching them out of games more often than they were pitching them into the game.

But the Reds would be foolish to empty their farm system for a rental pitcher because their young core is only going to be better as years go by. So the solution? An ace in his prime, with multiple years of control. Dylan Cease.

Now let’s dive deeper into this trade offer. Does it make sense? For the Reds? For the White Sox? Let’s look at it from both perspectives.

For the White Sox, obviously it’s not ideal to lose Dylan Cease. They would get to clear $8 million off their books by dumping Kendall Graveman to the Reds. Replacing him with Santillan would be beneficial for their payroll. On the bigger side of the trade, Chase Petty gives Chicago a huge potential pitching prospect to help kick start their rebuild. Levi Stoudt is no slouch either. But the highlight of the trade would be MLB Pipeline’s 24th ranked prospect, Edwin Arroyo, who would immediately join Colson Montgomery at the top of their system.

On the Reds side, this may seem like a lot to give up, but stay with me. Arroyo is blocked in the Reds system by a ton of infielders. His value is astronomically higher to another team than it is with the Reds. Chase Petty is a great prospect, but the Reds have pitching depth like Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo, Andrew Abbott, Connor Phillips and Brandon Williamson ahead of him. They would also have Cease in this scenario.

Will it happen? Only time will tell. But this package could at least take Cease off the untouchable list and give Chicago something to talk about.