Drew Thorpe’s changeup is absolutely disgusting. Although Thorpe has a relatively slow fastball (around 90-91 MPH) for league average, his changeup is making his upside huge. 

Thorpe relies on his changeup 35% of the time. This helps him get a lot of soft contact when he hits his spots. 

To put it in perspective, his run value off of his changeup is 6. That is extremely successful for one pitch seeing the MLB average is around a run value of 0 for a pitch. 

If Thorpe can develop his fastball movement or even add a sinker to his mix, he should be very fun to watch in this 2025 Sox rotation.