- Full name Timothy Tisch
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Top Rankings
Organization Prospect Rankings
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A 34th-round draft-and-follow from 2001, Tisch showed enough to merit being signed a year later but wasn't considered a top prospect. He was a tall, projectable lefty with a mid-80s fastball. Winless in his pro debut, he snuck onto the prospect radar last year, when he threw a seven-inning no-hitter in July. More important, he gained strength and improved his mechanics. That allowed him to boost his fastball into the low 90s and to throw strikes more easily. He comes straight over the top at hitters, and the ball seems to explode out of his hand. Tisch also has a decent slider and changeup. He doesn't miss a lot of bats, but hitters also don't get good swings against him. He figures to spend this year in the low Class A rotation.
Minor League Top Prospects
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The 6-foot-7 Tisch has developed as much as anyone in the White Sox organization. With a year of strength training and instruction under his belt, he refined his mechanics while improving the velocity of his fastball from 84-85 mph last season to 91-92. "If you had told me last year that Tim would be sitting in the low 90s now, I wouldn't have believed you," Hairston said. "But this kid has taken advantage of everything the organization has given him and developed into a solid major league prospect." Tisch overpowered Appy hitters at times. He throws over the top, and the ball explodes out of his hand. His slider and changeup are decent and have shown improvement. He has fine control of all his pitches, which was evident in a seven-inning no-hitter against Johnson City, one of just two complete games in the league this year.