Michael Kopech has joined Eloy Jimenez in taking a sledgehammer to the doors of the majors. Over his last five outings, Kopech has thrown 31 innings–over six innings a start–and over that time he has a 2.32 ERA with 41 strikeouts against only 4 walks. That last bit is probably the most important statistical element […]
Tag: Luis Robert
Four White Sox on BP’s Midseason Top 50 Prospects List
Despite a frustrating amount of injuries this season, the White Sox farm system remains among the best in baseball. While half of their Preseason Top 10 have spent time on the DL in 2018, there’s still enough high-end talent to give you hope, and the string of bad luck hasn’t necessarily pushed back their competitive […]
Hitting development still the key to the White Sox future
We’ve written about it several times in the past, but one of the more interesting changes in player acquisitions we’ve seen in recent years, coincidentally or not, is the White Sox targeting position players who are at or close to major league-ready. It made sense, particularly when they were still trying to contend, as the White […]
Futurespective: 2019 Prospect Pipeline
Thursday, 25 young (and some early middle aged) men will suit up in White Sox uniforms and take the field against the Kansas City Royals to kick off the 2018 season. This is not an article about those men. With a long rebuilding year ahead, we’re pressing fast forward and taking a look at the White […]
Waiting on Luis Robert
Sometimes there’s a blind spot. An uncorrectable weakness. A seemingly systemic Achilles’ heel that exists for reasons that don’t quite make sense. Think of the Chicago Bears’ practically perennial ineptitude at developing quarterbacks. You can recognize the flaw. It’s glaringly obvious as it stares you in the face, year in and year out. But there’s […]
The Ghost of Rowand
Jim Thome is now a first ballot Hall of Famer. As Collin pointed out, although Thome will go into the Hall as a Cleveland Indian, his White Sox tenure was still a success and he still feels like Our Guy. Yes, I am still disproportionately upset the White Sox let him go to the Twins […]
The Catbird Speaks 11.17.17 – The White Sox Top 10 Prospects List
The White Sox Top 10 Prospects list was released Friday on Baseball Prospectus (read the whole thing right here), and Jarrett Seidler (@jaseidler) of BP’s prospect team joined Collin (@cowhitchurch) and Nick (@Nick_BPSS) to talk about what went into the construction of the list. Among the topics: The overall state of the White Sox farm system. […]
The Catbird Speaks 7.7.17 – Midseason Top 50 Prospects with Craig Goldstein
Baseball Prospectus minor league editor Craig Goldstein (@cdgoldstein) joined Collin and Nick to talk prospects after BP released its Midseason Top 50 Prospects list on Thursday. Among the specific topics: -Why Reynaldo Lopez was omitted from the Top 50. -The difficulty of slotting in the newly signed Luis Robert. -Why they prospect team has always […]
Four White Sox on BP’s Midseason Top 50 Prospects list
Baseball Prospectus posted its midseason Top 50 prospects Thursday, which more than anything provides us with a glimpse of how evaluators believe the top prospects in baseball have progressed since the season began. Before the season, BP had four White Sox prospects in its Top 50 and six in the Top 101, which of course […]
South Side Morning 5: More to say about Luis Robert
1. Since news broke Saturday that the White Sox have agreed to terms with Cuban star Luis Robert there’s been plenty of excitement about both his skill set and what that type of signing means for the White Sox future and their commitment to the future. The one piece that threw a bit of cold water on the […]