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By Chicago White Sox · Posted
Regarding Cooper, he was a fantastic pitching coach for a long time, but the game simply passed him by. Near the end of his tenure, after a tough season Giolito actually went and worked with Ethan Katz (our current pitching coach and his former HS pitching coach) and he came back new and improved. Katz also got a ton of credit for developing Cease and getting Rodon to finally tap into his potential. A year ago I would have been high on Katz, but last year was such a disaster that I’m not sure what to think. It’s clear he’s got a much more modern take on pitching than Cooper, but I also think the org in general is so behind the times when it comes analytics & biometrics that there is only so much he can do. We don’t have a single voice driving an org wide pitching philosophy (which is evident in our PD system) or much of a pitching lab to get the most out of guys. Hopefully that will change for the better with the addition of Brian Bannister. All that being said, I don’t believe for a second we get all we can out of our guys. Katz obviously helped Giolito, Cease, & Rodon improve but these were all elite prospects acquired from other orgs. We still struggle to unlock the next tier of guys, although I blame that on broader organizational issues than purely Katz. -
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I love this. Most fans that go to the game live within 45 minutes of the ballpark I would suspect. The good thing is you can get home by 10:00 most evenings. -
I selfishly don't like it, I'm a displaced fan in the central time zone. 5:30 weeknight start times are rough for me, the games are usually over before I get home from the office. But they should make decisions based on the people who might actually go to the games. -
That's something that can only be determined in hindsight. Lots of options and lots of flexibility this offseason to really set the team up for the next 2-3 years. I'm very curious to see how it plays out. Checking my crystal ball, I don't see Aroldis Chapman anywhere on the program -
By Can_of_corn · Posted
I agree and I don't want him on the team. But I'm not sure this specific moment is more critical than say, when he picked Gunnar Henderson in the second round. -
Perhaps he looked and doesn’t have the dough to spend or wants to part with the asking price for Cease or 1 year of the other guys rumored available. -
Spin rates and stuff like that are very good. Eno Sarris @enosarris · Follow I'm hearing that Naoyuki Uwasawa will be posted soon by his NPB team. His K rates haven't been amazing in Japan, but he has some interesting characteristics to his stuff. His fastball vertical movement (19 IVB) and spin (2650 RPM) would be top 5-10% percent in the league. 12:30 PM · Nov 22, 2023 245 Reply Share
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