Dugout Metrics Podcast 10 — A six-pack of young pitchers — 2024-04-21
Malachi Hayes breaks down the pluses and minuses of the coming White Sox pitching talent with Brett Ballantini — plus deep dives into Garrett Crochet and Michael Kopech
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Show Notes
Yes, it’s been many months for our most, er, “exclusive” Sox Populi podcast. But Dugout Metrics is back, with a couple of pitching-themed programs ahead.
First, it’s a deeper dive into the six players who are arguably (unquestionably) the future of the staff and rotation on the South Side. The upside is pretty phenomenal, and the down side is ... undecided? For a Chicago White Sox podcast, that is GLOWING positivity!
- Garrett Crochet: The source of his mysteriously-appearing cutter, his surprising dominance (yes, we recorded before last Friday’s challenging start) and his realistic workload going forward
- Malachi admits a change in philosophy when it comes to handling pitchers
- Michael Kopech is now in the pen, as de facto closer — is it the right move?
- For all the similarities, one key difference between Nick Nastrini and Jonathan Cannon
- Stepping down a level to the utterly dominant Drew Thorpe and Jairo Iriarte, who’s more quickly ticketed for the South Side?
- A bonus seventh pitcher: Noah Schultz, and his possible timeline to the South Side could be
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