He has all of the physical tools to be a #1 starter. Big arm, big strong frame, fast twitch muscle to spare, 102 top fastball, plus he had an outrageous slider. By all indications he should have been Paul Skenes before he got here.
Thankfully we fired that guy, right?
Right?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/06/29/how-white-sox-development-plan-is-working-for-jonathan-cannon
Except he had a 3.58 FIP leading some to believe getting away from the worst fielding team in baseball would help his numbers normalize. The wild thing is even with pitching to contact and seeing his K and BB numbers both drop hard, his FIP is still a run less than his ERA.