Cease signed a one-year, $5.7 million contract with the White Sox on Friday to avoid arbitration, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
It's a massive raise for Cease, who was in his first year of arbitration eligibility. The bump in pay was earned after the right-hander held a 2.20 ERA and 227:78 K:BB across 184 innings in 2022 to finish runner-up to Justin Verlander in American League Cy Young Award voting.