NorthSideSox72 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Find out how the top fifteen-plus prospects in the White Sox system have performed in the past week. Fulmer and Lopez both rebounded. Collins had a rough week. Dunning and Fisher just keep rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Matt Cooper made Fangraphs' list of "Baseball's Most Compelling Fringe Prospects" http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-...e-prospects-84/ For the duration of his professional career, Cooper has mostly looked like the sort of polished collegiate pitcher who’s capable of thriving against less refined competition in the lower minors but who lacks the arm speed to succeed against more advanced hitters. In 213.0 innings as a professional, the right-hander has produced strikeout and walk rates of 33.3% and 6.8%, respectively. Statistically, that renders him the minor-league equivalent of Max Scherzer or Noah Syndergaard — except for that Cooper (a) recorded many of those innings in a relief capacity and (b) has typically thrown a fastball that travels about 10 mph slower than either Scherzer or Syndergaard’s. As I say, he’s typically thrown such a fastball. At midseason of last year, however, reports suggested that he’d added a bit of velocity, sitting more comfortably in the low 90s. And, promisingly, he’s proved capable of surviving thus far against Double-A competition. After a successful run as a reliever in the Southern League last year, the former 16th-round pick has recorded strikeout and walk rates of 47.1% and 5.9%, respectively, over the course of two starts so far in 2017. Edited April 21, 2017 by OmarComing25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ptatc Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Apr 21, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) Thanks for doing this. Greatly enjoyed. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 21, 2017 -> 09:44 AM) Matt Cooper made Fangraphs' list of "Baseball's Most Compelling Fringe Prospects" http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fringe-...e-prospects-84/ Note who Carson is basing part of his report on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 This is GREAT information! Thanks for putting together and posting! Gold Jerry...pure gold. One question...how many times do you have to source/copy/paste or look up how to spell Michalczewski? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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