Later in 2025 season - Schultz and Hagen S. as MLB bullpen pieces

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

6 minutes ago, Baron said:

I don't think there's a rush. But let's be real these two are going to push the issue. Their stuff is good enough to punish minor league bats. Timetables change and I don't think late 2026 is realistic for those two in their minds. 

I never said late 2026  I said the beginning of 2026 perhaps . That way you get the whole off-season to play with the roster and remaining options left and who you might want to trade . I'm hoping a lot of the arms are not so marginal.

[Baron]

7 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

 I'm hoping a lot of the arms are not so marginal.

Your going to be dissappointed. 

[ptatc]

7 hours ago, Timmy U said:

Bannister likes to give starters some exposure to mlb out of the bullpen when they have basically reached their innings limit a la Iriarte last year. They are not putting Schultz and Smith on the Sale/Crochet plan.

Yep, it will be a way to get experience with keeping the innings down. Just a few appearances similar to iriarte this year.

[JUSTgottaBELIEVE]

And this here is why I want them to start signing quality free agents now. As usual, if they’re going to start the clock on all but one of their top 7 prospects in 2025, the window to start competing again just got pulled forward.

[Balta1701]

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

Smith is experienced at pitching late into games, and is a much more polished pitcher than Schultz.   In a scenario where he progresses and destroys Charlotte for a couple of months, I would entertain the idea for a Hagen call up, but only after forcing the issue.  We don't need to Carlso Rodon him so he spends years at the MLB level learning how to pitch to MLB hitters.

Dutch still has so much conditioning and game situations to learn through the early part of his window should be mid to late 26.  He has literally never worked with starters stuff.  He has literally never thrown more than 68 pitches in a single outing since at least high school or summer leagues in 2022.  He didn't thrown any more than 64 pitches in a 2024 outing.  Learning to pitch to 100+ pitch outings is every bit as important as how many innings he throws.

Carlos Rodon was a normal Hahn callup. A guy who clearly hadn’t shown he was ready at any minor league level but who was called up based on prospect status to save a big league rotation. If we are talking about calling these guys up on April 15th, Rodon is the comp. Midseason, or later, if they’ve actually had a dozen strong starts? Very, very different.

[Harold's Leg Lift]

On 1/4/2025 at 1:08 PM, Y2Jimmy0 said:

I think Schultz makes big league starts in 2025 

agreed

[46DidIt]

I hope that late growth spurt doesn’t throw off Schulz, but seems like it could result in problematic mechanical issues to me