I noticed Dylan Cease’s begin on Monday evening and wished to go alongside some notes and video of him following his commerce to the Padres. I additionally wished to share contemporary spring notes on the brand new White Sox prospects acquired yesterday. Let’s begin with Cease. Here is my video from his unbroadcast begin:

Cease sat largely 95-96 mph, with a handful of pitches within the 97-98 vary. His slider was its normal 85-87, with late, nasty break and plus size for a pitch of that velocity. His curveball is a second plus or higher providing at 80-81 mph and has hitter-freezing depth. He seemed like a contender’s entrance line starter. Padres and Rangers personnel have been in attendance (there have been a ton of scouts there — it was certainly one of solely two Cactus League evening video games Monday) and left as soon as Cease was accomplished.

You’re most likely conscious that we've each Jairo Iriarte and Drew Thorpe ranked as Top 100 prospects. I’ve made no change to their evaluations, however I do have some notes on their spring seems to be to go alongside. Iriarte sat 92-95 in his March 1 outing, which is under what you usually see from him. A scout who noticed him that day famous to me that his slider appeared extra vertically oriented than normal.

Thorpe threw that day, too, and was 91-93 with the identical dominant changeup that spearheads his placement on the Top 100. Per my scout supply, he bought seven whiffs on 9 changeups that day.

Both Thorpe and Iriarte are on the Top 100, so you realize the place they stand within the White Sox system no matter an replace. The ultimate prospect within the commerce, teenage outfielder Samuel Zavala, has a contemporary report and rating on the White Sox listing, which you'll both learn right here or right here. In brief, I'm not optimistic about him hitting. I've him stacked within the Chicago system close to different White Sox prospects who've what I contemplate to be excessive hit software danger.

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