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- Updated: August 7, 2016
CHICAGO — Since arriving with the White Sox on July 15, Carson Fulmer has pitched 6 1/3 innings over six appearances.
It’s a definite adjustment for the team’s top prospect, per MLBPipeline.com, going from starting every fifth day and working six or seven innings for Double-A Birmingham to sporadic Major League relief appearances. But it’s a developmental balance the White Sox have worked to find with the right-hander.
“It’s a bit of a difficult balance because he does benefit from facing big league hitters,” White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. “He does benefit from working with [White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper] and [bullpen coach Bobby Thigpen] on the side up here, and all the extras we have here to help him improve and understand the areas he needs to get better.
“At the same time, he obviously is not getting regular work. You want a player like that to not miss out on an element of the development that comes with regular work. So it is a bit of a balancing …
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