Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - White Sox are set to call up top pitching prospect Noah Schultz

Episode Date: April 13, 2026

Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris reacted to the news that the White Sox will call up top pitching prospect Noah Schultz, who will start and make his MLB debut Tuesday.

Lela Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043, the score. Now the fastball by Schultz and his ninth strikeout of the game. He has not allowed a base runner since Bernal reached on the drop throw at first base with two outs in the first inning. That is courtesy of Charlotte Knights TV. This is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 the score. And it's here.

I was hoping to see this happen this season. I did not think it was going to happen this soon. Noah Schultz, the Oswego East product, is going to be called up and is expected to pitch tomorrow. This is welcome news for a team that needed starting pitching help badly. You know what they need more than starting pitching help? They need hitting help. They're dead last in baseball and pretty much every major category. Like, it might just be equally bad.

No, no, it's more. And since you brought it up, like, do I think it's more? Let me give you this stat because. It's all a problem in the words of Johnson. No, I don't see, here's the thing. I don't think it is all a problem. And here's why. We're so focused on what happened at the start of the season where things were just

absolutely terrible. Heading into yesterday, in which Grant Taylor, by the way, pitched two scoreless innings to start the game yesterday. White Sox pitching in their last nine games when you look at either the starter or the guy who came in after Grant Taylor, who would be the bulk guy. A 1.27 ERA, best in Major League Baseball, period. A 0.93 whip, 33 to 12 strikeout to walk stretch. And during that stretch, by the way, they were 3 and 6 in those nine games, which tells

me they need hitters. So going back to what we said before the break, I'll tell you how I found out the news. Your friend and mine, your coworker in mine, Mark Grody comes up to me as we're getting ready for dinner. In Vegas. In Vegas. And says, Marshall, did you hear the news?

It's like, what, what's up? It's like, Noah Schultz is getting called up. And I think he thought I was going to be really, really excited. And the first thing I said to him was like, I think right, you're sitting next to me, right? This was at dinner at night two, what's the name of the restaurant they were at? On Diamo. On Diamo.

Also, where Lela spotted Doug Flutie, by the way. I saw Doug Flutie. And then we all saw Doug Flutie. I had to. Well, Marshall, you missed Doug Flutie. I had to scoop past him, past the host stand. And I was like, I'm sorry. And he was wearing a cool, like, banana leaf print shirt.

It was well done. And I'm like, oh, I'm sorry, guy who's shirt. I like, oh, my God, it's Doug Flutty. I'm pretty sure he heard me yell the name to our table because he walked by and stared at us like we had six heads each. But Doug Flutty was there and Noah Schultz. It was a very star-studded dinner.

And so Ray is sitting next to me and Mark tells me this. And the first thing I say is like, oh, where's he going to hit? How are you not? Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith are two of the most, like, appreciated and just biggest symbols of White Sox fans looking forward to the season. Like, we haven't had, I haven't been this excited about a prospect call-up since I want to say Michael Kopeck.

Hey, Grotie was very surprised in Marshall's reaction as well. I did. This is a sign of hope. Like, there's a prospect that you're excited about that you want to see. You've been watching him for years. And he finally gets called up because they realize this isn't okay. What's gone on with the starting pitching. And by the grace of God, it's an actual pitcher, six-foot-nine, who you think is going

to be a big deal in baseball, ultimately in his career. And you're not happy about it. Don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong, Leila. I understand what Noah Schultz represents. We haven't had something like this in a really long time. But let me, let me give you the context of this. This is right after, I think a rain-delayed game in which the socks had lost to the

Royals by an identical score of the day before. You know what that score was? Two-nothing. As in, they didn't score any runs for a second straight game. So that's where my brain was when this news was given to me. I was like, let me know when Sam Antanachi gets a call up. That was my next thing I said to Grotie. Well, according to Ken Rosenthal, it might be soon.

He wrote that today. According to Bruce Levine, according to Ken Rosenthal, Bruce said this at noon yesterday. White Sox have not decided to bring up infield or outfield or Sam Antanache. And there had been a bunch of reports that he was coming up tomorrow. Which didn't make any sense to me because it's the 14th and you've got to wait until the 15th to get him up without getting the year's time. Well, Bruce said they've discussed it when insider said,

nothing in motion as of yet for him. Charlotte's off today, correct? Not sure about the Charlotte schedule. I can tell you that the White Sox are off today before starting a series with those Tampa Bay race. But I haven't even, I haven't even, it's been years since I've cared about the Charlotte Night's schedule. They're off today.

I care a little bit about the Charlotte Night schedule because you keep up with what's going on. But my point is, I'm carrying because I want to see who's getting called up. Yes. Like, it's that part of it. Like, this is, this is a good time. This is a time of hope. Like, this is a prospect that I've been wanting to see for years be here.

I am excited about Noah Schultz. The other part of that context is all Noah Schultz getting called up does is remind me of players past. I did mention Koppak. Garrett Crochet. Dylan C's. Oh, you're hurt. You're hurt. We can go down the line of Marshall.

Well, Gare Crochet, that was a, he, that was 20, too. He got drafted in 2020 and then it ended up, you know, ultimately being a part of this early. My overriding point is that when these guys that we get so excited about with the White Sox in particular, get called up, you're starting a clock that is not a favorable clock because it is the clock in which these guys end up getting. moved. And I... They get moved because they don't develop enough around them or sign enough for agents to fill in the gaps. I understand that.

But it's not their fault. They still have value. No, no, no. They have value. But when we get to the point where a guy like this gets called up and you're excited because he's going to be part of a playoff push because he won't be moved and he's going to be a guy who could pitch for the White Sox for a decade, that's when I'll get excited to the level that apparently everyone else around me was excited.

So do you understand? You don't think Sam Antanachi can't get flipped? Oh, no, of course he can get flipped. But he's a guy who, offensively, if you get him up, you know, we did this question about when will the White Sox pay someone $100 million? You don't have to pay a hitter like that. Sam Antanachi, he's not getting paid $100 million. He's a guy who's going to cost a reasonable amount of money to keeping your organization,

and buy out the arb years if you want to, if you even need to. Like, that's a different story. Well, but that's it, though, is you've talked about guys getting called up to only get flipped. And Sam Antanachi helps an offense that's struggling. But in theory, don't you think he can get moved to? Yeah, he can move down the road, but it wouldn't be the same effect because no one's getting excited about Sam Antonacci and his overall effect on the White Sox organization as Noah Schultz is. That's, to your point, you haven't been caring about Charlotte Knights.

games. And Sam Antinachi's been there the whole time. You weren't worried about when is Sam Antonacci getting called up, but you were with Noah Schultz, Hagan Smith. These guys, with arms specifically, the White Sox aren't going to pay to keep the arms like they will to keep bats. I mean, I remember I was watching everything in Charlotte because I wanted to see what Eloy Jimenez was doing when he was batting 375. And you were watching that schedule to see if that was the day he was going to get called up. And I felt that way about a bunch of the White Sox prospects. We other shirt, like trust the prospects. And I hadn't felt the same way about it

until recently. Until that was the same feeling I had when I saw that he was getting called up. Like, God, good. 100 losses isn't acceptable enough this year. I'm not saying you get to 81, but something had to be

done and for them to be able to call up a big name prospect for that reason is a good thing. It's not just about guys who have earned it like a Tim Elko last year and he did earn it. But this is a different deal. 630, Marshall's a wet blanket.

Let's be excited about Schultz being called up. Again, I am excited about Schultz being called up. I'm just not as excited as everyone else because I would like Schultz to be able to get, I don't know,

that overrated stat next to his name, a W. I would like to have him a chance to some offense would be nice. I would like the sucks to not use nine pitchers in a game. Nine.

Your son was absent nine times. And yeah, three, two, three. You're right. Eloid did just get called up for Toronto. The Blue Jays of all things. That's not exactly an easy roster to make.

They're actually a rough start though. Yeah, there were a lot of injuries. That's not the point. The point is, I'm now keeping an eye on the Charlotte Night's schedule for personal baseball reasons. The Charlotte Knights, I've not ever realized this as I'm looking at the schedule. They're like your favorite barbershop or beauty shop.

Every Monday they're off. Are they really? Yeah, I didn't realize that part of it. At least this year, maybe it's a schedule quirk. No, it looks like I'm going through the whole thing. every Monday they're off. I think that's a Meyer League thing in general now. Yeah, I didn't realize. TEPAL-A teams are doing to have more consistency in their schedule.

My hair stylist is off on Mondays. That is not a day where you can go. So welcome Noah Schultz. I think this is a big deal. And especially with him being a local guy, it was a big deal when the socks drafted him in 2022. And I'm nice to see this. I'm happy to see something nice happening.

I am nice to see happening thing. I am also excited to see something nice happening. I would also like some offense to be nice. and happening. And then the best part is, yeah, nice and happening offense. That's what we request. We know when we see it. Next right here, I'm Rahimi Harrison Grotie on 104-3 of the score.

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