“You see a lot of young pitchers that throw hard but they have a lot of moving parts and a lot of fast, aggressive motions in their motion, you know? He’s quite the opposite,” said Rusty Tucker, the former Gloucester High star and San Diego Padres minor leaguer who has served as White’s pitching coach with Legends Baseball since he was 9. He boasts a quality changeup that sits in the low 80s along with a hard curveball that acts like a slider, and proving he could fully utilize both was a priority this season even though he was fully capable of just blowing away every hitter he faced.īeyond his pitch mix, impressive build and intelligence - he graduated from Phillips this past weekend with “superior” marks, the highest on the prestigious prep school’s grading scale - the thing that sets White apart the most is his smooth delivery, which allows him to generate mid-to-high 90s velocity despite seemingly expending no effort on each pitch.
In addition to his elite fastball, White has also refined his offspeed offerings. “He’s extremely determined and once he sets a goal there’s no stopping him.” “He’s got a tremendous work ethic, we’ve always instilled that in him but he’s taken it to the next level,” added Tim White, Thomas’ father, who recalled an instance where they got home late one Sunday from a long weekend of travel baseball and White immediately went to the gym. “We’re very proud of him, we think he’s handled it really well,” said Joanna White, Thomas’ mother. White’s starts became can’t miss events, but despite often finding himself at the center of a circus-like atmosphere, those around him raved about his maturity and the way he never let things get to his head. 4 high school player in the country by Baseball America, and the top left-handed pitcher. He was twice named Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year and is ranked the No. Over the past two seasons White has gone 11-3 with a 1.02 ERA and 165 strikeouts over 75 innings, allowing only 20 hits. Once he did finally set foot on a high school mound under the proverbial bright lights, White more than lived up to the hype. “It allowed Thomas to be like an airplane gradually ascending off a runway rather than a rocket ship blasting off into outer space his freshman year.” “I think in an odd way it may have helped Thomas,” Graber said. 1 player in his class by Perfect Game a few months later. White first made waves nationally after throwing 91 mph as an incoming freshman at the 2019 Perfect Game BCS National Tournament, which tied the event’s all-time best fastball and played a sizable role in his being tabbed the No. “He’s the most talented pitcher at that age I’ve seen anywhere,” said Kevin Graber, who coached White his first three years at Phillips and who recently took over as manager of the Tennessee Smokies, the Chicago Cubs Double-A affiliate. “And I’ve been everywhere, man.” At 6-foot-5, 215 pounds, White boasts mid-to-high 90s velocity and a combination of physical gifts and off-field intangibles that have scouts across the game salivating. Nothing was the same after that, and it’s been a whirlwind journey for White ever since.įour years later White has developed into one of the top baseball prospects to ever come out of Massachusetts and is considered a likely first-round pick in next month’s MLB Draft. 1 ranked player in the incoming high school class of 2023. But now he was about to go national, as news had just broken that White was now the No. Then 14 years old, the tall left-handed pitcher from Rowley had always been regarded as one of the region’s most promising young talents. Thomas White had barely moved into his new dorm at Phillips Academy when his phone started blowing up.
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