If people have compared new White Sox prospect Michael Kopech to Mets All-Star Noah Syndergaard, he can understand why.
They're both tall, young, right-handed Texans who leave their golden locks flowing under their baseball caps as they fire triple-digit fastballs.
"It's hard not to compare a 6-foot-4-plus, long blond hair, hard-throwing pitcher to another one," said Kopech, who is shorter than his 6-6 counterpart. "There are not many of us.
"At the same time, I don't want that to be my ceiling, no disrespect to him. I want to kind of set my own limits. I would like to see what those are for myself.