The Chicago White Sox have an under the radar prospect that has the confidence of the reigning NL ROTY Paul Skenes that he’ll be up soon.
The Chicago White Sox have so many top pitching prospects that could figure to get the call up with the club at some point during this season. When it comes to the Chicago White Sox number eight overall prospect Grant Taylor, he has the confidence of the reigning National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes that he will be up soon.
A Future rotational piece?
Grant Taylor could join top pitching prospect lefties Noah Schutlz (No. 1 prospect, MLB No. 16) and Hagen Smith (No. 3, MLB No. 30) as the future three headed monster of the Chicago White Sox starting rotation. Taylor spent his 2024 season at the White Sox Single-A affiliate the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers.
The 22-year-old Taylor only made four starts while with the Cannon Ballers pitching in 16 innings, having a 1.13 ERA, with 25 strikeouts. That’s good enough for an insane 14.1 strikeouts per nine rate and a strikeout to walk rate of 25.
According to MLB.com the 6’3″ right-hander grades are gaudy with having an elite fastball (60/80) and cutter (60/80), with a curveball (55/80), slider (50/80), and a changeup (45/80). Grant Taylor could figure to be a top of the rotation piece if he lives up to his grades and his numbers that he put up, or at the very least a number three which would be solid to pair with Schultz and Smith who figure to be a one and two respectively.
Grant Taylor has the confidence of the National League Rookie of the Year
In a report published at MLB.com by Scott Merkin said that Grant Taylor has the confidence from National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes that he will be up in the big leagues soon. Taylor who was teammates with Skenes during their time at LSU said that him and Paul Skenes have communication between each other all the time revealing:
“I’ll talk to him, and he’ll tell me different stuff that he notices throughout the league, and he’s like, ‘You can be here very soon, dude,’” Taylor said during a recent Zoom. “He’ll tell me basically from what he saw when we were kind of going after it with each other, he’s super confident in me — and then seeing him do all the stuff and him being super confident believing in himself at the highest of the highest levels …
“He was one of the best in the league this year. It’s pretty cool for one of my really, really good buddies to believe I can be right up there with him, and he’s at the top of the league.”
The 230lbs right-hander having the confidence of one of the league’s best starting pitchers saying that he’ll be in the league soon bodes well for the Chicago White Sox. MLB.com has Taylor’s eta to getting up to the big leagues in 2027 but given the White Sox need in the starting rotation he could be up sooner than that.
What will 2025 bring for Grant Taylor?
The Florence, Alabama native will figure to start this season in Double-A for the White Sox given he dominated in his four starts at Single-A. If he can show the same level of dominance at Double-A that he did with the Cannon Ballers, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he could get the call up with the Chicago White Sox before the All-Star break.
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