Out of curiosity I checked the career records of the tallest pitchers of recent years. I looked to see how old they were when they broke out, which I defined as having an ERA+ as significantly above 100. All are between 6'6" and 6'8".
Chris Martin, 6'8", age 33
Andrew Miller, 6'7", age 27
Dellin Betandes, 6'8", age 26
Brad Wieck, 6'8", age 26
Tyer Glasnow, 6'8", age 25
Adam Wainwright, 6'7", age 24
Noah Syndergaard, 6'6", age 22
Chris Sale, 6'6", age 21
CC Sabathia, 6'6", age 21
So there are a few tall pitchers who put it all together at a young age, but there are just as many who didn't become better than average until 25 or later. That might not be any different from the average height pitchers.
The thing I noticed about Hentges is the White Sox were swinging at his curve ball when it was in the dirt. It broke so much that it looked like a strike until the batter started his swing. You see the same thing with Karinchak and again when Miller was here. So I'm not sure he has to throw strikes every time with the curve to get swings and misses.
I don't want to take too much from one inning, but his stuff really popped, and striking out three White Sox in the heart of their batting order isn't nothing. It looked like Abreu hit a badly located slider, which is probably his weakest pitch.
