It’sIt’s hard to believe that Michael Kopech has been in the White Sox organization for almost seven years now. His acquisition from Boston signaled the rebuild officially kicking off. Still, seven years later, he’s still an enigma.
Shortly after his major league debut in September 2018 Kopech underwent Tommy John surgery, and because of the involved rehab process followed by the pandemic in 2020, he didn’t throw another pitch until April 2021.
Resurging as a high-leverage bullpen arm for Tony La Russa’s 2021 squad — a role that allowed him to build up workload after the time lost — Kopech’s stuff was absolutely electric.