Jason Bilous

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Chicago White Sox #14 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: Bilous jumped onto the White Sox’s prospect radar this year.He dealt with lingering blister issues that may have impacted his performance. He also improved his once-poor control, and his strikeout rate jumped to nearly 12 batters per nine innings.
  
  Scouting Report: When he first joined the White Sox, Bilous was primarily using a fastball and slider, but he’s since added to his mix and has gained confidence in his improved changeup and newer curveball. The key was getting his fastball velocity more consistent, and it now sits around 93 mph and touches 97 at its peak with late life and movement. His swing-and-miss pitch is a low-80s slider flashing plus and projecting as a future above-average pitch. His 12-to-6 curveball sits at 80-83 mph but it still tends to get slurvy. The improving changeup with fade projects as an above-average pitch, but it needs consistency. Bilous uses a high three-quarters delivery that gets rotational at times, and when he doesn’t stay through his pitches his front side starts to fly open.
  
  The Future: As he continues to improve his control and get more consistency with his delivery, Bilous should reach his ceiling as a fourth starter. The White Sox added him to the 40-man roster.

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #175 prospect in 2018 draft
  Drafted by the Dodgers in the 29th round out of high school despite not pitching his senior season due to Tommy John surgery, Bilous has long tantalized scouts with his potential. As a freshman at Coastal Carolina in 2016, he flashed electric stuff in Omaha, helping the Chanticleers win their first-ever national championship. Since then, he's been up-and-down as a weekend starter, going 3-2, 4.61 last season, and notching a 7-2, 3.00 record through 13 starts this spring. Bilous can look unhittable at times, featuring a 92-96 mph fastball with arm-side run, a hard, biting slider at 81-85 mph and an 84-87 mph changeup that he throws almost exclusively to lefties. The problem for the 6-foot-2, 190-pound righthander is that he struggles to repeat his release point and walks often pile up on him. In 169.1 college innings, Bilous has walked 135 batters--7.18 per nine innings. He's walked 58 (to 90 strikeouts) through 72 innings this spring--7.25 per nine. Because of his sheer lack of control, Bilous projects more as a reliever. He has the stuff to be dominant out of the bullpen, but he'll need to tighten up the location woes that have plagued him throughout his amateur career.
• Ranked #286 prospect in 2015 draft
  Bilous erupted onto the national scene with an outstanding performance at the East Coast Pro Showcase in Syracuse. There, the projectable righthander peaked at 94 mph with his fastball and showed feel for a potential above-average changeup. Bilous stood at 6-foot-3, 170 pounds towards the end of the summer, showing a loose arm action with deep extension out front. Bilous was solid again at the Metropolitan Baseball Classic, and looked like a potential top pick. He then sustained an injury, and needed Tommy John surgery in the fall. Scouts have followed up with Bilous this spring, and while he is not back on the mound yet, his medical is not scaring teams away. Bilous could be an attractive high ceiling option for clubs, or he could end honoring his commitment to Coastal Carolina, where he and Bobby Holmes could eventually form a dynamic 1-2 punch.

• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 45/High
  
  Track Record: Bilous jumped onto the White Sox&#39s prospect radar this year.He dealt with lingering blister issues that may have impacted his performance. He also improved his once-poor control, and his strikeout rate jumped to nearly 12 batters per nine innings.
  
  Scouting Report: When he first joined the White Sox, Bilous was primarily using a fastball and slider, but he&#39s since added to his mix and has gained confidence in his improved changeup and newer curveball. The key was getting his fastball velocity more consistent, and it now sits around 93 mph and touches 97 at its peak with late life and movement. His swing-and-miss pitch is a low-80s slider flashing plus and projecting as a future above-average pitch. His 12-to-6 curveball sits at 80-83 mph but it still tends to get slurvy. The improving changeup with fade projects as an above-average pitch, but it needs consistency. Bilous uses a high three-quarters delivery that gets rotational at times, and when he doesn&#39t stay through his pitches his front side starts to fly open.
  
  The Future: As he continues to improve his control and get more consistency with his delivery, Bilous should reach his ceiling as a fourth starter. The White Sox added him to the 40-man roster.
• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: Bilous jumped onto the White Sox’s prospect radar this year.He dealt with lingering blister issues that may have impacted his performance. He also improved his once-poor control, and his strikeout rate jumped to nearly 12 batters per nine innings.
  
  Scouting Report: When he first joined the White Sox, Bilous was primarily using a fastball and slider, but he’s since added to his mix and has gained confidence in his improved changeup and newer curveball. The key was getting his fastball velocity more consistent, and it now sits around 93 mph and touches 97 at its peak with late life and movement. His swing-and-miss pitch is a low-80s slider flashing plus and projecting as a future above-average pitch. His 12-to-6 curveball sits at 80-83 mph but it still tends to get slurvy. The improving changeup with fade projects as an above-average pitch, but it needs consistency. Bilous uses a high three-quarters delivery that gets rotational at times, and when he doesn’t stay through his pitches his front side starts to fly open.
  
  The Future: As he continues to improve his control and get more consistency with his delivery, Bilous should reach his ceiling as a fourth starter. The White Sox added him to the 40-man roster.
• July, 2021 Scouting Report
  The White Sox's 13th-rounder in 2018 out of Coastal Carolina, Bilous has been one of the team's better performers in 2021. He's been affected by a blister intermittently, but at his best shows a fastball that averages around 93 mph. He pairs it with a potentially plus slider, average curveball and fringy changeup.