Drew Thorpe
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Nov 5, 2026
Sean AndersonHOST
And Zavala and Iriarte, both a part of the Dylan Cease trade back in March of 2024.
Sean AndersonHOST
The Padres get Dylan Cease, and the White Sox get the aforementioned Jairo Iriarte, the aforementioned Samuel Zavala, along with Steven Wilson, the Beach Boy himself, and still currently... and the only player that's still a White Sox from this trade, Drew Thorpe.
Sean AndersonHOST
The question is, Did the White Sox lose this trade? I went back into my phone, right? This is why I haven't left this app.
Sean AndersonHOST
It's not because, you know, of any freedom of speech or crap like that.
Sean AndersonHOST
And here's what I said.
Sean AndersonHOST
Jeff Passan breaking the San Diego Padres are finalizing a trade to acquire right-hander Dylan Cease from the Chicago White Sox.
Sean AndersonHOST
I said, Drew Thorpe, please, Drew Thorpe.
Sean AndersonHOST
And I gave it a grade of, Joe, you want to take a guess?
Jeffrey PaternostroHOST
haven't thought about him in two years.
Jeffrey PaternostroHOST
Yoni? Drew Thorpe.
Jeffrey PaternostroHOST
Oh, Yoni.
Jeffrey PaternostroHOST
No, no.
Craig GoldsteinHOST
No, Drew Thorpe was traded to the White Sox.
Jeffrey PaternostroHOST
Okay, they do a lot of trade.
Jeffrey PaternostroHOST
No,
Besnik ZekiriGUEST
to put it back on the timeline again.
Besnik ZekiriGUEST
So if they're going to make opportunities for these younger guys to get every five-day starts, now you've got Burke, you've got Schultz, you've got Smith, and then you've got two rotation spots to fill, not to mention you have Tanner McDougall, you have Drew Thorpe, you have Anthony Kaye, you have Davis Martin.
Besnik ZekiriGUEST
So if they want to get these younger guys opportunities, while also bringing in Taylor and Smith and Schultz into the rotation, you know, how much are they really going to overhaul to that starting rotation? So it's kind of why I'm setting my expectations to like more of a Tyler melee type of signing instead of, you know, seeing them commit big bucks to a guy when they've got these younger guys that they want to give opportunities to.
Todd WelterHOST
Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, even though Tyler Maley doesn't excite me, it's kind of what they need, either Maley or, again, Sonny Gray, like you said, or Clay Holmes.
Todd WelterHOST
Even if the season starts in late May, you know, usually based on the history of White Sox pitchers coming back from Tommy John, it's been about 18 months.
Todd WelterHOST
So I expect to see Vassell probably sometime in July and, you know, he can eventually be swapped in, you know, you can swap them out for, Drew Thorpe or, you know, some other leverage guy.
Todd WelterHOST
And then that means I added non-tenders are Kai Busch and Luis Daniel Acuna.
Todd WelterHOST
I mean, Busch has just missed too much time recovering from Tommy John.
Todd WelterHOST
But those are guys... that the club can live without easily.
Todd WelterHOST
I mean, Drew Thorpe could easily replace Richards in the mop-up role.
Todd WelterHOST
You can find a better backup catcher, and I'll talk about it in the second segment.
Todd WelterHOST
Tommy Pham, always entertaining, but, you know, his career's winding down.
Todd WelterHOST
And then you kind of have Kaye as your insurance policy.
Todd WelterHOST
But either way, you don't want Castillo being a $24 million mop-up pitcher because even then, that stagnates seeing if Drew Thorpe can fill that role.
Todd WelterHOST
And for the Thorpe truthers, mop-up duty is his floor.
Todd WelterHOST
Rotation could still be his ceiling, but missing two seasons, it's allowed him to get passed up.
Beef LoafHOST
He mentioned a need for pitching.
Beef LoafHOST
This guy didn't get named once, even though he was the headliner of the Dylan Cease deal, and that's Drew Thorpe.
Beef LoafHOST
Ian, what's going on with Drew Thorpe? He was coming off Tommy John surgery, some setbacks.
Beef LoafHOST
Paint the picture of what happened to Drew Thorpe, and where do we see him now fitting in with all this?
Ian EskridgeGUEST
Yeah, it's a tough one with him.
Ian EskridgeGUEST
He had surgery, and it took him a really long time to get back from that surgery in general.
Ian EskridgeGUEST
And then he finally makes it back, and then he has appendicitis and has to have that removed.
Ian EskridgeGUEST
And so he takes his time getting back from that as well.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
He had 149 Ks and 104.2 innings pitch.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
Give me Drew Thorpe.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
I'm going to throw him into the rotation.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
The numbers are absolutely absurd.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
Second rounder by the Yankees in 2022.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
MLB career didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to, but Drew Thorpe was absolutely nasty at Cal Poly.
Octavia ButlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah.
Jared PerkinsPANELIST
So that'll...
TreasyHOST
and kind of fill my bullpen with that, which this coming year could be Grant Taylor, Hagan Smith, Shane Smith, Tanner McDougal, possibly more.
TreasyHOST
So that's one thing, and that's the first thing, and I'll kick it to you guys in a second to – talk about if you like building a bullpen that way but the other thing that i want to just mention because i mentioned it in his 360 review last week uh drew thorpe not in either group that was no
Beef LoafHOST
not mentioned once in the entire 45 fucking minutes William McGuire got mentioned two, three times and Drew Thorpe zero times.
Beef LoafHOST
It was
TreasyHOST
interesting.
TreasyHOST
I will have Drew Thorpe in at least 12 of my trades in the off-season blog because I don't see a different future for that poor dude.
TreasyHOST
Back to the bullpen piece.
TreasyHOST
MSS, how do you feel about building a bullpen that is predominantly your... your internal staff that's like coming up from the minors and going like, these are, these are eventually going to be starting pitchers.
Sean AndersonHOST
We'll go Murphy.
Sean AndersonHOST
Love Chris Murphy, don't we know? Drew Thorpe didn't end up pitching.
Sean AndersonHOST
What about
Joey ChristopoulosHOST
Stephen Nicholas' boy?
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