Kade McClure

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Chicago White Sox #20 prospect in 2021
  TRACK RECORD: The son of a former NFL quarterback and a college volleyball player, McClure was excellent for three seasons at Louisville before the White Sox took him in 2017. He missed most of the 2018 season with a knee injury, then dominated at the lower levels in 2019 and impressed again at instructional league in 2020.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: McClure worked with White Sox biomechanist Ben Hansen to increase the power in his delivery, and the result was a fastball that ticked up to the low 90s with flecks of 95. His go-to offspeed pitch is a potentially average, sweepy slider, and he rounds out his repertoire with a potentially average curveball and a fringy changeup. None of his stuff jumps off the page, but the sum of the parts could allow him to eat innings in the back of a rotation.
  
  THE FUTURE: McClure will be 25 once the season starts, so he'll need to move quickly through the upper levels in order to show the White Sox what he's got.

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #244 prospect in 2017 draft
  McClure has been a fixture in the Louisville rotation, going a perfect 12-0, 2.54 as a midweek starter in 2016 and 7-3, 3.24 on the weekend this year. At his best, he can baffle with above-average control and angle on his pitches. As a 6-foot-7 righthander with good extension, McClure's 89-92 mph fastball plays a little better than its velocity and he works very well to the edges of the plate. His breaking ball is average at best, but it's effective because he locates it well. He shows confidence in his fringe-average changeup as well, giving him three fringe-average to average offerings he can throw anywhere in the count. McClure lacks massive upside, but his durability and reliability makes him a solid day two pick.

• March, 2021 Scouting Report
  TRACK RECORD: The son of a former NFL quarterback and a college volleyball player, McClure was excellent for three seasons at Louisville before the White Sox took him in 2017. He missed most of the 2018 season with a knee injury, then dominated at the lower levels in 2019 and impressed again at instructional league in 2020.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: McClure worked with White Sox biomechanist Ben Hansen to increase the power in his delivery, and the result was a fastball that ticked up to the low 90s with flecks of 95. His go-to offspeed pitch is a potentially average, sweepy slider, and he rounds out his repertoire with a potentially average curveball and a fringy changeup. None of his stuff jumps off the page, but the sum of the parts could allow him to eat innings in the back of a rotation.
  
  THE FUTURE: McClure will be 25 once the season starts, so he'll need to move quickly through the upper levels in order to show the White Sox what he's got.
• December, 2020 Scouting Report
  TRACK RECORD: The son of a former NFL quarterback and a college volleyball player, McClure was excellent for three seasons at Louisville before the White Sox took him in 2017. He missed most of the 2018 season with a knee injury, then dominated at the lower levels in 2019 and impressed again at instructional league in 2020.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: McClure worked with White Sox biomechanist Ben Hansen to increase the power in his delivery, and the result was a fastball that ticked up to the low 90s with flecks of 95. His go-to offspeed pitch is a potentially average, sweepy slider, and he rounds out his repertoire with a potentially average curveball and a fringy changeup. None of his stuff jumps off the page, but the sum of the parts could allow him to eat innings in the back of a rotation.
  
  THE FUTURE: McClure will be 25 once the season starts, so he'll need to move quickly through the upper levels in order to show the White Sox what he's got.