Y2Jimmy0 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 30 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: His stuff isn’t good? He’s K’ing 13.5 per 9 which is the highest in the Southern League for anyone over 30 IP. He's topping out at 95 mph. That's not going to work. He was like 95-97 in college and touching 99. 6 minutes ago, GreenSox said: I begged at the time of that draft to not draft a pitcher, and particularly to not draft Smith. He threw hard but his stuff never looked that great. Rough delivery and lots of Ks on pitches no professional hitter would ever swing at. Paying him over-slot was just inexplicable. And then we went back for more with the comp pick (has Larson made it to Kanny yet)? I sense some hubris from the Sox about these lefties. Blake Larson looked really good in instructional league according to reports but he had Tommy John surgery in February. He should be in Kannapolis at some point in 2026. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 27 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: He was 8th overall on BA’s pre-season list prior to the trade I believe. And that was a system with six top 100 prospects at the time. There you go, In AAA if Antonnacci keeps up with this, with the contact and swinging strike, I think that Meidroth's level would probably be ceiling, in that probably in that 125-200 range. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 34 minutes ago, GreenSox said: I begged at the time of that draft to not draft a pitcher, and particularly to not draft Smith. He threw hard but his stuff never looked that great. Rough delivery and lots of Ks on pitches no professional hitter would ever swing at. Paying him over-slot was just inexplicable. And then we went back for more with the comp pick (has Larson made it to Kanny yet)? I sense some hubris from the Sox about these lefties. Larson has been out all year with TJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 24 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: He's topping out at 95 mph. That's not going to work. He was like 95-97 in college and touching 99. Blake Larson looked really good in instructional league according to reports but he had Tommy John surgery in February. He should be in Kannapolis at some point in 2026. Do you have any sense what’s going on with our pitching this year? There has been some positive developments, although it sounds like the biggest one in McDougle went outside the org for help. Just lots of regression in results and even stuff. And then mostly everyone in AAA is a disaster. I was hopeful at minimum that Iriarte would be a high leverage reliever but he’s been terrible and the control numbers for Gonzalez and Palette are really bad in AAA as well. Did they change the ball or something? Just odd what we’re seeing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 24 minutes ago, bmags said: There you go, In AAA if Antonnacci keeps up with this, with the contact and swinging strike, I think that Meidroth's level would probably be ceiling, in that probably in that 125-200 range. Yeah, Meidroth was the 2B on BA’s “Non Top 100” All Prospect, so he was probably a top 125 or 150 prospect. I agree that Antonacci should be right that same level of the numbers hold in AAA. IMO, the plate discipline figures are the most critical as AAA should have more pitchers and less throwers. That’s why Meidroth’s BB and K rates were so impressive last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 7 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Do you have any sense what’s going on with our pitching this year? There has been some positive developments, although it sounds like the biggest one in McDougle went outside the org for help. Just lots of regression in results and even stuff. And then mostly everyone in AAA is a disaster. I was hopeful at minimum that Iriarte would be a high leverage reliever but he’s been terrible and the control numbers for Gonzalez and Palette are really bad in AAA as well. Did they change the ball or something? Just odd what we’re seeing there. Schultz hit a wall Smith hit a wall Taylor was pushed into the bullpen McDougal has actually stepped forward Iriarte has been a disaster The AAA reliever group has regressed in Coffey, Gonzalez, and Palette Then there are all of the TJSs on top of that. It has been as close to a worst case scenario year for MiLB pitching as you can get. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 6 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Do you have any sense what’s going on with our pitching this year? There has been some positive developments, although it sounds like the biggest one in McDougle went outside the org for help. Just lots of regression in results and even stuff. And then mostly everyone in AAA is a disaster. I was hopeful at minimum that Iriarte would be a high leverage reliever but he’s been terrible and the control numbers for Gonzalez and Palette are really bad in AAA as well. Did they change the ball or something? Just odd what we’re seeing there. It's puzzling. Big gains from some lower level guys. McDougal has really broken out. Oppor and LaCombe are very interesting with great stuff. Some relievers have popped. Shane Murphy is really good. Hagen has had issues all year. I think Schultz is fine and was mostly struggling due to a knee injury that he was trying to pitch through. AAA is a b****. These guys are one step away from the majors and they use a new baseball and the ABS system for the very first time. The baseballs are inconsistent too. Lots of guys have complained about them. It's supposedly the big league ball though. I do really want to see Schultz and Smith with the big league staff though. I think Katz is very good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Palette's stats may overstate his struggles; he surrendered 10 ER in 2/3 of an inning over 3 appearances in mid-June. Otherwise, he's been okay with 4 ER aggregate in his other appearances. Still, they take it easy with him: never pitches on back to back days. He's gone 2 innings a few times, but never more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almagest Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Maybe some good news re: Hagen Smith: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Why the hell is the ball not standardized! All the baseballs should come off the same specs at every level of pro ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 11 hours ago, GreenSox said: Palette's stats may overstate his struggles; he surrendered 10 ER in 2/3 of an inning over 3 appearances in mid-June. Otherwise, he's been okay with 4 ER aggregate in his other appearances. Still, they take it easy with him: never pitches on back to back days. He's gone 2 innings a few times, but never more. Sounds like Graveman...never worked back to back games w/ the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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