Director of player development Chris Getz took a call with South Side Sox, FutureSox and Sports Mockery on Tuesday. Here’s a lightly-edited transcript of our conversation:
Ken Sawilchik, FutureSox: Is there a difference between developing a pitcher with a dominant pitch, like Michael Kopech or Dylan Cease, vs. one with a well-rounded repertoire, like Jordan Stephens?
Chris Getz: You mean, like a pitchability guy vs. maybe a front-line player? You brought up two guys [Kopech and Stephens] in Triple-A, two guys we feel comfortable with in terms of what we feel their ceiling is based on the body of work they’ve had in our system and elsewhere.