Had to look this up on Statcast: Colson Montgomery has struck out 33 times this year, 17 of them looking. No major leaguer had half of his strikeouts looking last year and of those with high proportions of strikeouts looking, none of them were high strikeout players (so usually, if a lot of your Ks are looking, it's partly because you're so hard to strike out by swinging). For April 2024, Colson is an extremely high strikeout player.

Ky Bush made the hot sheet.

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12. Ky Bush, LHP, White Sox
Team: Double-A Birmingham (Southern)
Age: 24

Why He’s Here: 2-0, 0.00, 2 GS, 11 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 BB, 14 SO.

The Scoop: When the White Sox acquired Bush along with Edgar Quero in last July’s Reynaldo Lopez/Lucas Giolito trade, he didn’t make a great first impression. Bush gave up 12 hits and seven runs in just 3.1 innings in his White Sox debut. It did get better from there, but Bush went 3-4, 6.70 in nine starts for Birmingham after the trade. Bush has been way better in his return to Birmingham. He threw back-to-back scoreless starts this week and has allowed only three earned runs in four starts. He allowed three or more runs in seven of his nine starts for Birmingham last year. Bush’s 94 mph fastball, 83-85 mph slider and high-80s changeup aren’t overpowering, but when he’s locating like this, they’re effective. (JC)

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ranking-the-20-hottest-mlb-prospects-hot-sheet-4-30-24/

Edited April 30, 20241 yr by DirtySox

It’s amazing how many of the top 25 prospects are all struggling right now. 

Well deserved promotion to AA for Eric Adler (though it sucks for WS to lose their closer). Schoenle promoted to AA as well.

 

 

They should have promoted Thorpe, Bush and Iriarte to AAA.

3 hours ago, SoCalChiSox said:

They should have promoted Thorpe, Bush and Iriarte to AAA.

Why? I don’t think that’s necessary yet. 

13 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Why? I don’t think that’s necessary yet. 

They've dominated the level, Jimmy. What else is there to prove at that level?

31 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

They've dominated the level, Jimmy. What else is there to prove at that level?

It's still April. Part of dominance is doing it for more than a month.

From BA's chat yesterday.

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AJ
18 hours ago
What's the deal with Brooks Baldwin? Legit prospect?

Geoff Pontes
18 hours ago
I think he projects as a bench player who can help a team in a pinch. It's sort of fringe skills with some power but he's a guy who plays hard and has shown he can hit. There's just not everyday regular upside.

 

Edited May 1, 20241 yr by DirtySox

12 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

It's still April. Part of dominance is doing it for more than a month.

Right. Plus, isn't there better talent in AA than AAA, since you don't have as much veteran Quad-A types and minor league signings and filler? Spending a lot of time in AAA doesn't seem as necessary.

4 in BA's updated Top 100, including 3 top 50:

• 16. Colson Montgomery 
• 30. Noah Schultz 
• 45. Drew Thorpe 
• 97. Edgar Quero

11 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

4 in BA's updated Top 100, including 3 top 50:

• 16. Colson Montgomery 
• 30. Noah Schultz 
• 45. Drew Thorpe 
• 97. Edgar Quero

awesome.

14 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

4 in BA's updated Top 100, including 3 top 50:

• 16. Colson Montgomery 
• 30. Noah Schultz 
• 45. Drew Thorpe 
• 97. Edgar Quero

Quero should be higher.

I watched the Dash game last night to see Schultz and I was struck by how bad fundamentally the team is. Missing the cut off man, sloppy infield play, it was bad baseball.

I know it’s the minors, A ball specifically, and mainly of these guys who sniff the majors but that’s not excuse to be fundamentally sound. It’s not hard to see why the Sox have struggled.

 

 

 

Take a bow Reetz believers

 

 

1 hour ago, TomPickle said:

Take a bow Reetz believers

 

 

2014 me is so jazzed right now.

On 5/1/2024 at 7:15 AM, Bob Sacamano said:

Right. Plus, isn't there better talent in AA than AAA, since you don't have as much veteran Quad-A types and minor league signings and filler? Spending a lot of time in AAA doesn't seem as necessary.

No there isn't better talent in AA than AAA. There's more potential perhaps but not talent.

Your AAAA types in AAA means they have enough talent to play in the majors but not stick there. If your average AA player had more talent they wouldn't be in AA . Part of your talent comes from experience and adjusting. Plenty of AA players never advance beyond it.

Look at Montgomery. Everyone knows he has great potential , but he lacks the experience of fringe MLB types  He may have taken all that coaching about plate discipline a little too seriously  . Right now he's leaving the bat on his shoulder too much. Experience will teach him how to be a good hitter and still take walks. It's very nuanced and part of the learning curve. AAA is for playing against better more ripened players just a notch below MLB quality.

Skenes getting the call

Jacob Gonzalez OPS up to .872. He keeps this up the rest of the season and he just might find himself in a top 100 prospect list come this offseason. Btw, Enrique Bradfield sitting at .682 OPS. I mention because he was often used as an example of poor drafting by the Sox last offseason since Bradfield went two picks later..

Edited May 10, 20241 yr by JUSTgottaBELIEVE

1 hour ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Jacob Gonzalez OPS up to .872. He keeps this up the rest of the season and he just might find himself in a top 100 prospect list come this offseason. Btw, Enrique Bradfield sitting at .682 OPS. I mention because he was often used as an example of poor drafting by the Sox last offseason since Bradfield went two picks later..

I love his BB/K ratio, truly.