South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 20: Kade McClure

Kade McClure offers a number of attractive characteristics for the White Sox, earning him an eventual majors bullpen role as a floor.Kade McClure

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher

6´7´´

220 pounds

Age: 26

2018 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 30

2019 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 44

2020 SSHP Top Prospect Ranking: 40

2021 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 31

SSS rank among all right-handed starting pitchers in the system: 7

With a name that inspires multiple references from The Simpsons, Kade McClure has been one of the most effective pitchers in the White Sox system since he was drafted in the sixth round out of Louisville in 2017. In retrospect, it was a bit surprising that McClure lasted so long in the draft that year,…