Red Sox guy answering a question about White Sox developing pitchers:

 

They overhauled the player development department this offseason, especially on the pitching side. Things are a lot different and more individualized and its working.

— Chris Clegg (@RotoClegg) June 5, 2024

 

Congrats to Tyler Davis! His contract has been purchased by the Chicago White Sox, excited to see you grow! #BuiltByOakland pic.twitter.com/h9PamzAHEF

— Oakland Ballers (@OaklandBallers) June 5, 2024

 

 

Yeah it is pretty obvious they want that older top prospect group to win something in Birmingham before they move them up.

 

Jacob Gonzalez playing shortstop and second base in Double-A (mlb.com)

Love how Gonzalez has gone from this past offseason to a "slugging" hitting prospect, lol...it's going to take more than a couple of weeks of hot hitting at BIRM to actually earn that moniker.

 

On 6/7/2024 at 5:53 PM, southsider2k5 said:

 

The Sox called up Cannon on his scheduled day. Knights a guy that was in rotation so it ended up being g Murphy. It’s also easy to go from Winston to Charlotte 

 

 

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

He had a very low BABIP earlier and now it's starting to normalize by going to the extreme in the other direction.

 

2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Austin Beck is with the dodgers? Didn’t the A’s draft him?

Quero #1 on the hot sheet. Let's go.

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1. Edgar Quero, C, White Sox
Team: Double-A Birmingham (Southern)
Age: 20

Why He’s Here: .619/.704/1.143 (13-for-21), 7 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 5 RBIs, 5 BB, 3 SO

The Scoop: What a difference a month makes. In May, Quero—one of the prizes the White Sox netted from the Angels in last summer’s Lucas Giolito trade—had just 15 hits. With just 10 days gone in June, he already has 17 hits. Three of hits this past week were home runs, which put him in select company. He is one of just four catchers in the minor leagues who are 21 years old or younger and have 10 or more home runs. The total also pushes him farther past his total from 2023, when he hit six homers in 101 games at Double-A. (JN)

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ranking-the-20-hottest-mlb-prospects-hot-sheet-6-11-24/

Edited June 11, 20241 yr by DirtySox

On 6/5/2024 at 10:09 AM, WestEddy said:

Red Sox guy answering a question about White Sox developing pitchers:

 

 

This is the kind of thing I want to read, good stuff. I would love to read about the exact changes (praying its more analytics)

Jim Margalus has a nice, deep write-up of how the Sox' top prospects have been doing over the last fortnight. 

https://soxmachine.com/2024/06/white-sox-pitching-depth-drew-thorpe/

And paired with Sleepy Harold's update at FutureSox, there isn't anything you shouldn't know about White Sox' minor leagues. 

https://www.futuresox.net/2024/06/10/trending-on-the-farm-quero-torches-tn/

So now that Thorpe and Cannon are with the Sox, there are going to be some pitching promotions, right? 

Eder is 25 I'd like to see him in Charlotte and Taylor should go up to W/S at least IMO. 

I'd prefer all of our pitching prospects skip AAA. There's more talent in AA and pitching in Charlotte isn't productive.

52 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

So now that Thorpe and Cannon are with the Sox, there are going to be some pitching promotions, right? 

Eder is 25 I'd like to see him in Charlotte and Taylor should go up to W/S at least IMO. 

I don’t believe so. They have a 5 man staff in AA still. Charlotte doesn’t matter. 

41 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I don’t believe so. They have a 5 man staff in AA still. Charlotte doesn’t matter. 

Taylor isn't being challenged in Kanny, they should probably find a way to get him to W/S

11 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

Taylor isn't being challenged in Kanny, they should probably find a way to get him to W/S

Maybe after the draft they will. I don’t think it’s a big deal. He just needs innings. 

3 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Maybe after the draft they will. I don’t think it’s a big deal. He just needs innings. 

UNlike the churn you are seeing at the major league level, I am all for giving guys some predictability and stability as the work through the minors.  Give them clear and concise timelines and goals so that they will be on the same page.  1st half/2nd half is always solid timing for these kinds of changes as well.

2 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Maybe after the draft they will. I don’t think it’s a big deal. He just needs innings. 

If they move Taylor up to A+ after the draft, I wouldn't be shocked if he got his feet wet in AA by the end of the season.