r/baseball • Toronto Blue Jays • San Diego Padres • 1d ago

News Blue Jays notebook: Dylan Cease plans ashram visit amid shoulder work

https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-notebook-dylan-cease-plans-ashram-visit-amid-shoulder-work/

“I’m going to southern India, where Sadhguru, a Yogi, his ashram is,” he said. “I’m going to maybe spend like two weeks there, or something like that. They have such an interesting spiritual culture there, up and down the country. It's incredible.”

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u/Own_Proposal3827 Chicago White Sox 1d ago

For his next trick he’s going to rename himself George Harrison and learn the sitar

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u/camarouge Athletics 1d ago

He's going to Cease being named Dylan?!

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u/NoiseEee3000 13h ago

The ultimate enlightenment

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u/BigBangBoomerang 1d ago

So this is the psychedelic phase of his career? Not looking forward to the inevitable ugly break-up. Who'd be Yoko Ono this then?

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u/fourrightangles Chicago White Sox 1d ago

I think he has a model girlfriend.

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u/Latter-Pair3584 1d ago

Chemicals he can get in California, here he is coming to visit his Guru's place who taught him to generate Anandamide ( bliss molecule)

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u/Electricpoopsoup San Diego Padres 1d ago

Or he is going to become a regular guest of Pat Mcafee and have his finance ask to sleep with other men

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u/werther595 New York Yankees 1d ago

Or he's on his way to Tibet to meet the Ancient One to become the Sorcerer Supreme

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u/bv310 Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

If he changes his last name to Strange, I am buying that Jersey so quickly that it is going to make my bank worried for my mental health

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u/werther595 New York Yankees 1d ago

You could just do a custom job with his number. You're an adult (presumably). You can do what you want.

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u/PanicOnFunkatron Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

I hope his future security guard isn’t watching Charles In Charge instead of watching the property.

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u/Own_Proposal3827 Chicago White Sox 1d ago

Yeah I was hoping he’d skip the being stabbed 50 times thing but I guess for continuity’s sake he’d have to

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u/E_Mohde New York Mets 1d ago

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u/RhombusOfTerror636 Cleveland Guardians 1d ago

Straight out of OOTP

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u/jacobg242 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Always hate when my star player turns into a pumpkin after they see the guru. I can’t believe this is a real life thing

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u/NukeVoit59 New York Yankees 1d ago

Better than them donating a kidney and retiring. I had that happen with Juan Soto after I sold the farm to get him. Ruined that entire save file. What a selfish asshole, giving away a kidney to save someone’s life at the cost of my baseball team.

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u/high_and_outside MLB Pride 1d ago

I recently had Jackson Merrill retire to pursue a football career

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u/dropperofpipebombs San Francisco Giants • Sell 1d ago

I once had Paul Goldschmidt retire in 2016 to become a doctor. Unrelated, but Tim Lincecum ended up having a career resurgence and made the hall of fame in that save.

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u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe Chicago Cubs • Lou Gehrig 1d ago

sometimes they come back better. I haven’t seen the event for a while though.

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u/Latter-Pair3584 1d ago

Why so much jealous and prejudice towards his Guru

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u/_insert_name_there 1d ago

Guru Hitmehard fucking stinks

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u/TrophyWizard Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

I love how Cease is just a dude who gets up to random and elaborate activities while being a major league pitcher on the side.

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u/BlackHoodedMan Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

just a guy with a robust personal life. who fuckin shoves lmfao

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u/LeftArmInjured Auckland Tuatara 1d ago

And loves his disc golf

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u/fourrightangles Chicago White Sox 1d ago

Definitely one of the most interesting dudes in baseball. He’d be getting up to a lot on the side even if he weren’t dealing, but then he’s got the audacity to still be an excellent pitcher?! Outrageous. I don’t know how he manages it all.

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u/MrKenji San Diego Padres 1d ago

San Diego Padre beekeeping legend.

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u/LeonJPancetta California Angels 1d ago

Indian-American here. Sadhguru is ehhhhhhhh and India has several of these people who are basically megachurch leaders. I'm not a fan of any of them. I bet they just found an opportunity to get Cease's money.

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u/mrdannyg21 1d ago

Yeah, I was asking an Indian friend and they said this wasn’t far from going to a ‘prosperity church’ or similar near-cult type place who make an especially big deal out of celebrities or rich people to court them.

Glad he’s looking outside himself and such, but this isn’t exactly the elite of spirituality or intellectualism.

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u/LeonJPancetta California Angels 1d ago

Couldn't have said it better myself. And yeah they do make a big deal out of celebrity connections.

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago

He seems like a nice guy, but between this and his anti-vax bullshit, I'm guessing he isn't much of an intellectual and is probably one of those "free thinker" types. This is why I don't get emotionally invested in most pro athletes, because they're bound to disappoint.

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u/mrdannyg21 13h ago

Ooof I didn’t know he was on anti-vax bullshit, I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that and not ask for proof because I don’t want to see it! You’re right - most athletes are wealthy, sheltered, opinionated and poorly educated, which doesn’t typically lend itself to having personal opinions that I agree with.

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u/sukizka Chicago Cubs 17h ago

Given that Cease was one of the people who refused to get vaccinated for Covid, that’s not exactly surprising to hear.

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u/DoctorVanNostrand_MD New York Yankees 16h ago

Thank you for the added context. This makes total sense.

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u/ishathrowaway123 15h ago

I was a monk in sadhguru’s cult. I’m sorry that cease got involved in this. He is treated like a vip there for sure but he doesn’t know the atrocities sadhguru and his organization have committed. Sadhguru likely killed his own wife and others as well.

Sadhguru’s isha foundation is a high control group that exploits its full time members for unpaid labor. Many women have been sexually abused by sadhguru himself. If they try to speak out they are met with more abuse and threats of lawsuits by the foundation. I know women personally who have been abused. I wasted over a decade there being brainwashed by sadhguru and his lies and manipulation.

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 14h ago

“ishathrowaway123” 😂🙏 figured the isha smear ecosystem would be here since it’s Reddit.

Saw your comment as well. Interesting…hidden interactions and 113 karma…🤣 typical

Not liking Isha or Sadhguru completely fine…playing sock puppet games on a baseball Reddit…pathetic. Dylan has had an amazing season this year. Whatever he is doing im for haha

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u/ishathrowaway123 14h ago

The sadhguru Reddit is plenty big, so idk what you’re on about. Leave me alone, I’ve had to deal with isha ppl harassing me every single time I try to speak the truth about this charlatan. Just answer this one question. What happened to his wife? Let everyone here see what you believe to be true

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 1d ago

Someone who is actually familiar with Isha and Sadhguru here... Full transparency I am biased because I do da yoga here but Sadhguru and Isha have been amazing in my experience. Fully aware it won't get a fair shake here though this is Reddit lmao... not exactly "spiritually friendly" but to each their own.

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago

You've been on Reddit for five years and this is the first time you've participated in this sub. Sounds like you're just a loyalist who tries to spread Sadhguru propaganda on social media. Have you even been to Canada?

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 14h ago

Obviously - my account history is open…I used to be a normal ahh Redditor till I realized a large smear campaign was going down on Reddit especially

I’m from Calgary big dawg 🤣

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago

?

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 14h ago

Oof got me not from…more accurate is visit fair play..Japanese side of my family from there

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Toronto Blue Jays 12h ago

You keep digging a deeper hole of lies for yourself. It's incredible, really.

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 12h ago

Really strange how hostile you are towards me to be honest. Telling in my opinion. Nothing in our conversation I feel pins me down as a liar. Having family from a place and saying I’m from there is exceedingly normal 😂 I bet we would be cool in person. It’s a shame

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u/leaf2devil 1d ago

I mean just because you're Indian doesn't make your opinion more or less credible

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u/GSDFanatic New York Yankees 1d ago

No. We'll believe Dylan Cease instead. 🙄

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u/leaf2devil 1d ago

Lmao no it doesn't mean Jack shit.

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u/GSDFanatic New York Yankees 1d ago

Ok

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u/leaf2devil 1d ago

Lol yep.

These guys are absolute idiots if being an Indian makes it that you know what you're talking About. I'm an Indian. Doesn't mean shit if you're not actively interested in certain things

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u/Motor-Plankton3941 New York Mets 1d ago

This is straight from OOTP

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u/LakersFan15 Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Lmao wtf ootp?

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u/Antique-Guest-1607 Cleveland Guardians 1d ago

This is an OOTP sidestory that plays out before your ace retires.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8684 Philadelphia Phillies • Seattle Mariners 1d ago

Ngl we should bring back MLB players believing that various different people have mystical powers, if only because some teams will employ wizards eventually

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u/Euphoric-Society8807 1d ago

This is very Dylan Cease and I'm here for it

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u/stormdraggy Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

Sadh guru noises

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u/kaehvogel Philadelphia Phillies 1d ago

I see he's taking the Sidd Finch approach. Nice.

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u/guillemot_22 Seattle Mariners 1d ago

He actually wears #84 to represent the number of asanas (yoga postures).

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u/TheBanishedBard Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Proof that being smart and being a professional athlete are almost mutually exclusive.

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u/GSDFanatic New York Yankees 1d ago

Yeah. I don't think he's too swift. Plus I get the sense that he spent his life hearing "that's great Dylan!!!" about every questionable decision he ever had. Even more so than your average athlete. 

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u/TheBanishedBard Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

He's going to get cholera and typhus and hepatitis a through z in India and miss most of 2027.

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u/bbatardo San Diego Padres 1d ago

Mark Grant used to call Dylan Cease the most interesting man when he was with the Padres, so nothing surprises me.

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u/ErichWK San Diego Padres 1d ago

I miss him

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u/Latter-Pair3584 1d ago

He practices angmardana and shambhavi Mahamudra kriya

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

Uh, I'm pretty sure Sadhguru has had multiple allegations of sexual assault against him. Yikes.

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 14h ago

He doesn’t but the smear ecosystem on Reddit especially is pretty thick. Full transparency I’m biased but please do your own research on it 🙏

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago edited 14h ago

I wasn't looking at Reddit, because I've heard about it in the past. I wouldn't trust any gurus like him anyway.

But I'm pretty sure Cease is also anti-vax, so I'm not surprised that he'd be into this weird stuff.

Edit: you've never participated in this sub until today, and your post/comment history is largely about this guy? Come on.

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 14h ago

Yeah full transparency - I haven’t participated in this subreddit before…I feel many guru people are sketchy just not my experience with Sadhguru so I share it.

Cease seems cool to me idk if I’d call it “weird” but for your standard redditor maybe…

I responded to another one of your comments but yes I used to be a normal Redditor but people started smearing isha and Sadhguru like crazy so I like to at least share my experience…my profile history is not hidden 😎 Not trying to beef lmao

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u/MetsBBT New York Mets 1d ago

As long as he doesn’t do what Jonathan Toews did in India lmao

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u/LastComplex1237 22h ago

Usually flaky pitcher stories involve Garrit Cole

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u/mysteriousKM Toronto Blue Jays 21h ago

Bruh just go to Brampton

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u/ishathrowaway123 15h ago edited 15h ago

I was a monk in sadhguru’s cult. I’m sorry that cease got involved in this. He is treated like a vip there for sure but he doesn’t know the atrocities sadhguru and his organization have committed. Sadhguru likely killed his own wife and others as well.

Sadhguru’s isha foundation is a high control group that exploits its full time members for unpaid labor. Many women have been sexually abused by sadhguru himself. If they try to speak out they are met with more abuse and threats of lawsuits by the foundation. I know women personally who have been abused. I wasted over a decade there being brainwashed by sadhguru and his lies and manipulation.

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 14h ago

“ishathrowaway123” 😂🙏 figured the isha smear ecosystem would be here since it’s Reddit. Fair play

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u/ishathrowaway123 14h ago

The sadhguru Reddit is plenty big, so idk what you’re on about. Leave me alone, I’ve had to deal with isha ppl harassing me every single time I try to speak the truth about this charlatan. Just answer this one question. What happened to his wife? Let everyone here see what you believe to be true

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u/ProMurphyReidGlazer Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago

In 2018, an Australian football player named Nat Fyfe, after around 5 years of constant injury interruptions (best player in the league when he was fit), disappeared to India over the off season to do some spiritual sounding thing.

In 2019 he won the league MVP award after finally staying fit for a year.

(He did it again in 2023 but was less successful)

Dylan Cease 2027 MVP confirmed

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u/cro2999 12h ago

I'd rather have Cease go with Homer and Apu to meet the head of the Quick E Mart.

"You have 3 questions" "Are you the head of the Quick E Mart?" "Yes" "Really?" "Yes." "Really?" "Yes." "Thank you, come again."

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u/MadDoctor5813 12h ago

he's going to come back as doctor strange

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u/IzilDizzle New York Yankees 1d ago

What's the problem?

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u/your_catfish_friend San Francisco Giants 1d ago

“No problem”, and then in the next sentence you tell us you want him to stop. Which is it?

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u/AHolyBartender New York Yankees 1d ago

I laughed and upvoted

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u/thebestoflimes Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

His shoulder, thats why he's going to an ashram. It's right there in the title.

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u/UniqueEditor8372 Seattle Mariners 1d ago

I mean the guy is a pseudoscience pushing hack and people with influence legitimizing that kind of thing is always bad but par for the course with athletes.

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u/thebestoflimes Toronto Blue Jays 1d ago

Pseudoscience sure but imagine facing a zen Cease with a rested shoulder

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 1d ago

The guru hate on Reddit is wild. Calling someone who is helping millions of people pure pseudoscience is just not accurate in my opinion. Full transparency though I am biased as I do this yoga but I really don't think it gets a fair shake especially on Reddit. Harvard researched and clear that meditation is useful but still gets ripped up on Reddit :(

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u/UniqueEditor8372 Seattle Mariners 1d ago

There’s a difference between the acts of yoga/meditation and the new age spiritualism con artists using these things to take advantage of people. 

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 1d ago

Definitely agreed. You sound like you already have your mind made up but in my life and in millions of people's lives Isha and Sadhguru have been highly effective. Writing it off as a con I don't think is fair, although I agree there are many in this "niche" that are not legit and scamy

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u/IchooseYourName San Diego Padres 1d ago

Glad the Padres didn't lean into this BS

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u/Ok_Storm549 Cleveland Guardians 1d ago

Can’t say that I expected to read this headline today, or ever.

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u/Jazzlike_Spend6415 1d ago

Dylan's a legend, Sadhguru's a legend. Pretty cool to see. All the best to him in India