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Post by HC92 on Jun 8, 2023 6:20:52 GMT -5
Hopefully Matt Blake and the Yankees have their eyes on Cronin as a potential future piece. They find a few random guys every year who become dominant relievers for them out of seemingly nowhere. Ian Hamilton was one of those guys this year before going on the IL.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 12, 2023 8:31:40 GMT -5
Two good appearances over the weekend -- 2 IP, 1 hit, 1K.
Largely been lights out for the last month and a half.
In May, he had a 1.93 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, and .171 batting average against him.
In four June appearances, a 0 ERA, .50 WHIP, and .158 batting average against him.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 12, 2023 8:36:40 GMT -5
A snippet from an article from The Athletic last week --
The White Sox bullpen is healthy and functional enough that it’s not immediately clear what the team will do when Jimmy Lambert’s rehab assignment ends. But in the Knights bullpen, Edgar Navarro (3.65 ERA, 57.6 percent ground-ball rate) and Declan Cronin (3.16, 60.6 percent) offer a pair of 25-year-old sinkerballers whose avoidance of hard contact bodes well for what they could be capable of after reining in control issues (22.4 percent walks for Navarro, 12.5 percent for a currently surging Cronin).
Zaleski described Cronin’s sinker/slider/sweeper arsenal as comparable to a right-handed Aaron Bummer, which was especially true for when he was “getting BABIP’d” in April (.375) despite generating plenty of topped contact. Though with Cronin’s unique approach angle, borne from getting “nice and deep in his leg,” he has “kind of a gyro sinker” that allows him to get uncomfortable swings at the top of the zone, alongside the normal sinkerballer approach of generating weak contact low in the zone. Opponents are slugging .227 against Cronin over his last 16 games.
“Early on, he (had) quite a bit more rotation with his turn in his delivery,” said Zaleski. “We had a discussion on when he felt best, which in 2021, his main focus was be linear, get downhill and throw the ball over the middle of the plate. After the first three weeks of the season, that’s kind of the route we’ve been going.”
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Post by hcpride on Jun 12, 2023 9:10:56 GMT -5
/\ He’s now showing he’s very effective at this level and it’s probably just a case of ‘right place, right time’ going forward (in regards to the majors).
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 14, 2023 11:50:17 GMT -5
Came on in a tough situation last night (bases loaded, two outs) in the bottom of the fifth --
Credited with the win.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 14, 2023 12:17:41 GMT -5
He has to be impressing all the powers-that-be at team HQ. He needs to get the call-up call!!
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 14, 2023 12:24:16 GMT -5
Might be time to trade places with Aaron Bummer.
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Post by hcpride on Jun 15, 2023 3:11:14 GMT -5
Charlotte Knights By Darren Black on June 14, 2023 4:47 pm Sean Burke 5 IP, 9.00 ERA, 3 BB, 3 K Sammy Peralta 3 2⁄3 IP, 12.27 ERA, 2 BB, 4 K Declan Cronin 4 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 BB, 2 K Lenyn Sosa (IL) Oscar Colás .222/.300/.222, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K Charlotte didn’t have a very good week and one of the few players that did was Declan Cronin. With how bad the White Sox bullpen was over the weekend, Charlotte arms always seem enticing. Cronin has been doing well with the Knights this season, with his command getting back to what it was in the first half of last season, a walk rate just a tick short of 12%. That isn’t very good, but he did go four innings (three appearances) last week with no walks. He will need to string together more weeks of low walks to really get in the bullpen pecking order. Cronin has never been a high-strikeout pitcher; his K-rate is 18.6% right now, so getting those walks down is meaningful. His best stat of 2023 though, is only giving up one homer as a Charlotte Knight through 27 2⁄3 innings. www.southsidesox.com/platform/amp/2023/6/14/23758658/chicago-white-sox-minor-league-player-of-the-week-june-5-11-caberea-weaver
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Post by alum on Jun 28, 2023 9:15:00 GMT -5
In five appearances starting on 6/15:
IP 5.2 H 7 BB 1 Ks 4 ER 2 WHIP: 1.59
Not as hot as he was in the few weeks prior to this but still getting chances including in the seventh and eighth innings.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 24, 2023 14:19:46 GMT -5
Bit of an up-and-down July --
8 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 1.62 WHIP.
With the White Sox' season all but over, be interesting to see if they bring DC up later this summer to see what he can do against major league hitting.
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Post by hcmawfawo on Jul 28, 2023 14:36:49 GMT -5
Big day for Declan! Congrats and good luck!
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 28, 2023 14:42:04 GMT -5
Big day for Declan! Congrats and good luck! Only 42 more days until he gets a MLB pension
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Post by alum on Jul 28, 2023 14:43:30 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 28, 2023 14:45:13 GMT -5
Just saw this bow on the Regis baseball instagram.
Lets gooo!!!!
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 28, 2023 14:45:42 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 28, 2023 14:46:04 GMT -5
Good luck Declan-hope you get in a game asap
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 28, 2023 15:05:44 GMT -5
If Cronin is able to work his way up to the big club, HC will have had at least one alum play in a regular season game in all of the four major sports since 2011. Boom.
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Post by purplehaze on Jul 28, 2023 15:22:12 GMT -5
First HC grad in the majors since 1977 ! Mike Hegan (Brewers) and Mike Pazik (Twins) - Fantastic development and I love Jeff Passan's tweet
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Post by hcpride on Jul 28, 2023 15:25:15 GMT -5
Just saw this bow on the Regis baseball instagram. Lets gooo!!!! Note the Jeff Passan tweet. Declan’s brother is a Regis grad also.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 28, 2023 15:29:21 GMT -5
With the White Sox fire sale (Giolito, Lynn), have to figure they’ll be going to the bullpen a lot and early. Plus, Joe Kelly, Reynaldo Lopez, and Kendall Graveman no longer in the pen.
Cronin hasn’t pitched since Tuesday. Figure he can go tonight if needed.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 28, 2023 19:05:20 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 28, 2023 20:58:59 GMT -5
Signed for 150k. He was playing this summer in the FCBL so was planning on using his fifth year at Kansas State where former BC coach and mass native Pete Hughes is the head coach.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 28, 2023 21:07:03 GMT -5
A theory: Skidmore and HC both offered no athletic scholarship but Skidmore offered enough more financial aid than HC to cancel out HC's advantage as a legacy institution for this family and it's status as a D-1 baseball program as opposed to Skidmore's D-3. Skidmore provides 100% of demonstrated financial need with $56,000 of average first year aid for the 55% of students needing financial aid. Holy Cross has the same claim of meeting 100% of demonstrated need but the devil is in the determination of what each family actually needs. The financial aid offers should be exactly the same for all 100 schools that meet 100% of demonstrated need but I don't think it is. HC is ranked 33, Skidmore 39 in the USNWR rankings Surely the kid liked the baseball program and campus at Skidmore and/or HC didn't evaluate him as a strong D-1 prospect. Maybe if he played D-1 at HC and pitchers could pitch around him he doesn't hit as well and doesn't get drafted. Who knows?
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 28, 2023 22:01:26 GMT -5
A theory: Skidmore and HC both offered no athletic scholarship but Skidmore offered enough more financial aid than HC to cancel out HC's advantage as a legacy institution for this family and it's status as a D-1 baseball program as opposed to Skidmore's D-3. Skidmore provides 100% of demonstrated financial need with $56,000 of average first year aid for the 55% of students needing financial aid. Holy Cross has the same claim of meeting 100% of demonstrated need but the devil is in the determination of what each family actually needs. The financial aid offers should be exactly the same for all 100 schools that meet 100% of demonstrated need but I don't think it is. HC is ranked 33, Skidmore 39 in the USNWR rankings Surely the kid liked the baseball program and campus at Skidmore and/or HC didn't evaluate him as a strong D-1 prospect. Maybe if he played D-1 at HC and pitchers could pitch around him he doesn't hit as well and doesn't get drafted. Who knows? He must had been good enough for Kansas State though...
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Post by alum on Jul 29, 2023 5:23:52 GMT -5
A theory: Skidmore and HC both offered no athletic scholarship but Skidmore offered enough more financial aid than HC to cancel out HC's advantage as a legacy institution for this family and it's status as a D-1 baseball program as opposed to Skidmore's D-3. Skidmore provides 100% of demonstrated financial need with $56,000 of average first year aid for the 55% of students needing financial aid. Holy Cross has the same claim of meeting 100% of demonstrated need but the devil is in the determination of what each family actually needs. The financial aid offers should be exactly the same for all 100 schools that meet 100% of demonstrated need but I don't think it is. HC is ranked 33, Skidmore 39 in the USNWR rankings Surely the kid liked the baseball program and campus at Skidmore and/or HC didn't evaluate him as a strong D-1 prospect. Maybe if he played D-1 at HC and pitchers could pitch around him he doesn't hit as well and doesn't get drafted. Who knows? He must had been good enough for Kansas State though... The issue isn’t whether he was good enough at 22 to play big time ball. Obviously, he is. The question is what happened at 17 when he was looking for schools. I’m guessing that his talent was under appreciated in high school and on the club circuit which is how he ended up in D3.
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