Ethan Katz had the prospect to educate Lucas Giolito in highschool and within the majors.
Katz was the pitching coach at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles from September 2009 by July 2013, the place Giolito was a part of the Class of 2012.
After time with the Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Mariners and San Francisco Giants, Katz joined the Chicago White Sox workers because the pitching coach in 2021.
Katz known as Giolito’s commerce to the Angels “a tough situation,” however added, “also, I’m happy for him.”
“He gets to go to Southern California, he gets to pitch in a playoff race,” Katz stated Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field. “Our relationship continues. It’s exciting. Sad. Obviously the goal is to win here and have everything happen here, but unfortunately it didn’t happen that way.”
The Sox have been busy final week, buying and selling away 5 pitchers. Giolito and reliever Reynaldo López have been dealt to the Angels on Wednesday. Starter Lance Lynn and reliever Joe Kelly have been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers and reliever Kendall Graveman was despatched to the Houston Astros on Friday.
“You just focus on the job and getting guys better,” Katz stated of the adjustments. “It’s the big leagues but it’s development, whether you are a veteran or a young guy. Just developing everybody that’s here the best we can and try to win as many games as possible.”
As a part of the offers, the Sox obtained three minor-league pitchers in Ky Bush from the Angels and Nick Nastrini and Jordan Leasure from the Dodgers. The Sox additionally obtained minor-league catchers Edgar Quero from the Angels and Korey Lee from the Houston Astros and veteran outfielder Trayce Thompson from the Dodgers.
Bush and Nastrini are at Double-A Birmingham. Leasure was assigned to Triple-A Charlotte from Birmingham on Sunday.
“We were really excited about the guys we were able to acquire,” Katz stated. “They are getting to their destinations and looking forward to getting feedback from our coaches and seeing them in person.”
At the major-league degree, Katz’s mindset stays the identical after all of the strikes.
“I go about my business the same,” he stated. “It doesn’t matter who is here. We want to get guys better. We want to develop and we want to win games. Whether we were in first place or where we’re at now, it doesn’t change.”
With Giolito and Lynn gone, the Sox have openings of their rotation. Touki Toussaint, Tanner Banks and Jesse Scholtens are among the many fast choices on the roster.
“We have three guys that were with us to start the season (Dylan Cease, Michael Kopech and Mike Clevinger) and then we have two other spots,” Katz stated. “Touki did a extremely good job the opposite day (5 scoreless innings Friday in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians). He’ll have extra alternatives. We’ll work out the opposite spot. We have some concepts however we’ve acquired to get by some video games first and see the place it takes us. But we have now some good choices that we’re enthusiastic about to offer guys alternatives and battle day-to-day.
“We have a lot of starting options here right now. Whether it’s Banks, Scholtens, Touki, there’s options here, guys who are stretched out. They might be in the ’pen today but they might be starting tomorrow, depending on how we want to match up with certain teams. We have a lot of good options here.”
There will likely be loads of probabilities to make an impression each as starters and out of the bullpen.
“It’s a great opportunity for the guys here,” Katz stated. “It’s always from a coaching standpoint exciting to help these guys develop, teach them at this level and make every day count and hopefully build for next year and see what we really have.”
What may the Sox rotation seem like in 2024?
“I’m sure everyone would like to know what that looks like,” Katz stated. “Right now, guys which are listed here are going to have a possibility to showcase what they’ll do. However it seems and the way our entrance workplace and coaches will method it, I’m positive we’ll speak so much about completely different eventualities for subsequent 12 months.
“But we’ve still got two more months this year. Guys have opportunities to really help themselves for next year and we’ll see where it goes.”
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