It's feeling like a matter of when, not if, Chicago White Sox righty Dylan Cease will be traded as new general manager Chris Getz indicated Tuesday that conversations with other teams are "ongoing."

That doesn't mean something is imminent -- Cease's market could actually extend into the season -- but a long-term stay in Chicago doesn't sound like part of the plan.

"It's ever evolving in terms of the urgency of other clubs," Getz said in a Tuesday Zoom with reporters. "It could be in the offseason. It could at the deadline. It could be in May. There's just so many different factors when you're talking about 29 other clubs."