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I'm sure McKivin played a part in getting Smith over but this is encouraging because for years, the Sox biggest weakness has been pro scouting. Smith becoming a contributing member of the team would be a nice win for the new regime.

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The interesting thing is that most of the pre-Rule 5-draft prognosticators missed out on Shane Smith. Melissa Lockard of The Athletic is the only one who tagged him as a Rule 5 pick. The MLB draft brain trust of Callis, Mayo and Dykstra didn't even have Shane Smith as the top pick from the Milwaukee org. 

If he wasn't even on anybody's radar, kudos to pro scouting. Unless McKinven suggested him, in which case, you can't keep hiring new bench coaches each year to get special insight on another team's org. depth. Or maybe you can...

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  On 3/9/2025 at 1:36 AM, mac9001 said:

It would be an absolute crime to not let him be our 5th starter right now. He looked fantastic today, the stuff is legit. I hate use spring training as the basis for evaluating a player, but it's beyond me how the Brewers let him unprotected. It's front end stuff or legit closer potential. I think he's now our 4th best pitching prospect.

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Need a few breaks along the way but Schultz, Hagen and Shane Smith Sean Burke and Grant Taylor could be one hell of a rotation.

 The Smiths  and Colson  & Braden Montgomery could be fun eventually .

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Shane Smith should be pitching in the next couple of days...they have Leasure and Mason Adams starting these next two.

Unless they're pitching him with Schultz Hagen Taylor on Sunday in the Spring Breakout game.

You'd think they would prefer he goes 3-4 innings on his regular turn...which would be Thursday.

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  On 3/13/2025 at 10:08 AM, caulfield12 said:

Shane Smith should be pitching in the next couple of days...they have Leasure and Mason Adams starting these next two.

Unless they're pitching him with Schultz Hagen Taylor on Sunday in the Spring Breakout game.

You'd think they would prefer he goes 3-4 innings on his regular turn...which would be Thursday.

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I think some iffy weather has moved guys like Davis Martin and others to B games to ensure they get their work in. 

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White Sox: RHP Shane Smith
This honor could go to infielder Brandon Drury, a veteran non-roster invitee who hit two home runs and drove in five during a victory over the Reds Friday. Right-handers Davis Martin and Grant Taylor also fall in this category, but Smith, the top pick in the 2024 Rule 5 Draft, earns the nod. Smith struggled with control in the first inning of his first Cactus League outing but has since been dominant on the mound, striking out eight in four innings against the Asian Breeze Thursday. He’s in strong contention for the fifth starter’s spot. -- Scott Merkin

mlb.com

 

First mention he's likely to make the rotation over B.Wilson.

Venable hasn't addressed the fifth spot yet.

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The best thing I heard all spring: "Scouts talking not only about Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith, the White Sox's consensus top pitching prospects, but putting Grant Taylor in the same elite category as them.

Taylor, an imposing right-hander with a big-league-ready body at 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, spent his spring sitting at 99.2 mph with his fastball. With four other pitches -- mostly cutters and curveballs, with sliders and changeups sprinkled in -- Taylor isn't just a power arm destined for the bullpen. He could move fast and is firmly part of a future rotation primed to include Schultz, Smith and whoever stands out this year."   Jeff Passan espn.com

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