He Gone

Well, Dylan Cease’s feet are somewhere else now, with the Padres, to be exact, as San Diego prepares to open the season in Korea. The White Sox traded the 28-year old righthander for three prospects and a veteran reliever. The names don’t really matter because three of the players are pitchers, two of them rookies. If those two show promise, the front office will try to sign them to team-friendly deals that takes them through their arbitration years. If they don’t agree, they’ll become trade-bait. And, if they do sign and continue to improve, they’ll get traded before their walk year, like Cease. This is how things have gone and will continue to go as long as Jerry Reinsdorf owns the team. For Sox fans, it’s turning into a game of actuarial chicken. Great.