6 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Maybe it's just Fuller's way of talking, but this sounds brutal to me:

Like, he was just not in the White Sox' plans, and he was on his way out.

I thought that was fairly clear when the promoted him to AAA, when he couldn’t hit in A ball. 
It is odd that he had to ask to get coached...he wasn't that old.

Edited June 15Jun 15 by GreenSox

6 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Maybe it's just Fuller's way of talking, but this sounds brutal to me:

Like, he was just not in the White Sox' plans, and he was on his way out.

IDK, it's not that clear one way or another but when I read it, I just assumed it was something they were doing targeted towards guys who were earlier in their development timeline. Not so much that they invited all the cool kids, but not him. I am speculating though.

17 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

I thought that was fairly clear when the promoted him to AAA, when he couldn’t hit in A ball. 
It is odd that he had to ask to get coached...he wasn't that old.

College player from a top elite SEC program...CWS participant, etc., the assumption must have been that he was close to a finished project on draft day.

And 622 ops in Chicago isn't unexpected.

Granted, they have been facing better pitchers than normal recently.

The future All Star talk was very premature.

Edited June 15Jun 15 by caulfield12

2 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Was likely to happen before too long. Timing is interesting though. He hasn't exactly been lighting the world on fire for the past several weeks. Since May 21, his wRC+ is almost exactly the league average and the BB/K numbers are not much different than usual. There was a stretch in there when he went 0-fer for 6 games. The past week was good, although not remarkable by his own high standards. Hope to see him get off to a hot start in AA...I'll be watching the K rate with interest.

Good time - gives him half a season to see what AA is like and allow development team to assess what next level areas of focus need to be, including how to work in offseason for long term success. Seems like they already have been doing a bit of it. Excited to see him continue to develop and be pushed and see how he responds to some of these challenges too.

He only went 2/3 an inning and faced six hitters, but you could still see why the White sox made him an over-slot selection. Larson worked with a 3-pitch mix: fastball, slider, changeup. He attacked hitters east/west from a low ¾ slot which created a sinking/tailing life on his mid-90s fastball (94-95). Slider shape was inconsistent but flashed sharp, long horizontal slicing action. At times, it was shorter and cutter-y. He struggled to land his change consistently, but it showed average potential as a ground ball generator. [...]

After striking out Steele Hall, Larson shook his head with swagger and bravado. He also cussed in frustration after allowing a single up the middle to Jirvin Morillo. I wouldn’t read too much into this other than Larson is a fiery/competitive kid, who wears his emotions on his sleeve to a degree.

Overall, this was an “I get it” type look at Larson. He has some SP traits. The slider flashed plus and not a lot of lefties sit mid 90s. He’s listed at 6’2” 180 lbs but looks closer to 210 now; he possesses a well-built/durable frame that looks capable of logging SP type innings.