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Las Vegas - How happy is Dylan Cease to be in San Diego and not Chicago? ECSTATIC! Last season, Cease was throwing for the pathetic White Sox and wound up with a 7-9 record. Some how, some way, he managed to post a winning record over five years in Chicago (43-35). Now he is in San Diego and must be dancing every time he comes to the ballpark. He has won five of his first seven decisions, and owns a gorgeous 2.19 ERA. And it looks like he is getting stronger with every outing. His last two starts, against the D'backs and Cubs, were close to ridonkulous. Cease gave up only 1 earned run over 13 innings (0.69) with TWENTY K's. Gimme the Padres for the money.

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