Michael Kopech

P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 205 | Age: 22
Draft: 2014 (Rd: 1, #33, Boston Red Sox) - Mt Pleasant (TX) HS
Mount Pleasant, TX USA

MLB Pipeline Rank:

CWS: No. 2 | RHP: No. 3 | TOP 100: No. 17 |

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Stats

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
2018	1	1	5.02	4	4	0	14.1	15	1.53
1 Season	1	1	5.02	4	4	0	14.1	15	1.53

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2018	4	1-1	5.02	14.1	15	1.53
1 Season	4	1-1	5.02	14.1	15	1.53

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

No MLB Hitting Statistics.

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
	2018	CWS	AL	68	1	1	5.02	4	4	0	14.1	20	8	8	4	2	15	1.53
	1 Season			68	1	1	5.02	4	4	0	14.1	20	8	8	4	2	15	1.53

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	RF	FPCT%
2018	CWS	AL	P	4	4	14.1	2	1	1	0	0		1.000
1 Season			P	4	4	14.1	2	1	1	0	0		1.000

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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2014	GCL Red Sox	GCL	ROK	0	1	4.61	8	8	13.2	11	7	7	0	9	16	1.46
2015	Greenville Drive	SAL	A(Full)	4	5	2.63	16	15	65.0	53	25	19	2	27	70	1.23
2016	2 Teams		Minors	4	1	2.08	12	12	56.1	29	15	13	1	33	86	1.10
2016	Lowell Spinners	NYP	A(Short)	0	0	0.00	1	1	4.1	4	0	0	0	4	4	1.85
2016	Salem Red Sox	CAR	A(Adv)	4	1	2.25	11	11	52.0	25	15	13	1	29	82	1.04
2017	2 Teams		Minors	9	8	2.88	25	25	134.1	92	50	43	6	65	172	1.17
2017	Birmingham Barons	SOU	AA	8	7	2.87	22	22	119.1	77	45	38	6	60	155	1.15
2017	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	1	1	3.00	3	3	15.0	15	5	5	0	5	17	1.33
2018	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	7	7	3.70	24	24	126.1	101	58	52	9	60	170	1.27
			AAA	8	8	3.63	27	27	141.1	116	63	57	9	65	187	1.28
			AA	8	7	2.87	22	22	119.1	77	45	38	6	60	155	1.15
			A(Adv)	4	1	2.25	11	11	52.0	25	15	13	1	29	82	1.04
			A(Full)	4	5	2.63	16	15	65.0	53	25	19	2	27	70	1.23
			A(Short)	0	0	0.00	1	1	4.1	4	0	0	0	4	4	1.85
			ROK	0	1	4.61	8	8	13.2	11	7	7	0	9	16	1.46
Career Minors				24	22	3.05	85	84	395.2	286	155	134	18	194	514	1.21

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2014	GCL Red Sox	GCL	ROK	P	8	8	13.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000
2015	Greenville Drive	SAL	A(Full)	P	16	15	65.0	15	9	3	3	1	.800
2016	2 Teams		Minors	P	12	12	56.1	6	1	4	1	0	.833
2016	Salem Red Sox	CAR	A(Adv)	P	11	11	52.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833
2016	Lowell Spinners	NYP	A(Short)	P	1	1	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	2 Teams		Minors	P	25	25	134.1	19	5	12	2	1	.895
2017	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	P	3	3	15.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2017	Birmingham Barons	SOU	AA	P	22	22	119.1	18	4	12	2	1	.889
2018	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	P	24	24	126.1	13	4	8	1	0	.923
			AAA	P	27	27	141.1	14	5	8	1	0	.929
			AA	P	22	22	119.1	18	4	12	2	1	.889
			A(Adv)	P	11	11	52.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833
			A(Full)	P	16	15	65.0	15	9	3	3	1	.800
			A(Short)	P	1	1	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
			ROK	P	8	8	13.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000
Career Minors				P	85	84	395.2	56	21	28	7	2	.875

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Scouting Report

Kopech signed with the Red Sox for $1.5 million as the 33rd overall pick in the 2014 Draft and indirectly brought a World Series championship to Boston as one of two mega-prospects (along with Yoan Moncada) included in four-player package sent to the White Sox in the December 2016 Chris Sale trade. He blossomed into one of the game's top pitching prospects in his new organization and gave up just one run in his first three big league starts last August. He got hammered and had diminished velocity in his fourth, after which he learned that he needed elbow reconstruction that will sideline him throughout 2019.

Before he got hurt, Kopech showcased some of the nastiest stuff in the Minor Leagues and earned comparisons to Noah Syndergaard. Hitters have great difficulty catching up to his fastball, which parks at 95-99 mph and often reaches triple digits with late running action. They're also overmatched by his mid- to upper-80s slider with two-plane break, a true wipeout offering at its best.

Kopech also throws a sinking changeup that has its moments but can get too firm, and he has added a curveball to give him an offering with greater velocity separation from his fastball. He has battled his control for much of his pro career, especially when he rushes his delivery, though he seemed to turn a corner when he totaled four walks in his final seven Triple-A starts. Assuming he makes the typical recovery associated with Tommy John surgery, he should be able to get back on the path of becoming a frontline starter.

Statcast - Pitching

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2018	256	46	6	13.0	91.9	22.1	.319	.612	.427	.427	.523	47.8	22.1	2.9
ALL	256	46	6	13.0	91.9	22.1	.319	.612	.427	.427	.523	47.8	22.1	2.9
MLB			32772	6.2	87.4	11.0	.251	.408	.317	.318	.370	34.1	21.4	8.2

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	03/11/2019	Chicago White Sox placed RHP Michael Kopech on the 60-day injured list. Tommy John surgery.
	10/29/2018	Chicago White Sox activated RHP Michael Kopech from the 60-day injured list.
	09/08/2018	Chicago White Sox placed RHP Michael Kopech on the 60-day disabled list. Ulnar collateral ligament sprain in right elbow.
	08/21/2018	Chicago White Sox selected the contract of RHP Michael Kopech from Charlotte Knights.
	01/22/2018	Chicago White Sox invited non-roster RHP Michael Kopech to spring training.
	08/18/2017	RHP Michael Kopech assigned to Charlotte Knights from Birmingham Barons.
	07/10/2017	Birmingham Barons activated RHP Michael Kopech from the temporarily inactive list.
	07/07/2017	Birmingham Barons placed RHP Michael Kopech on the temporarily inactive list.
	04/05/2017	RHP Michael Kopech assigned to Birmingham Barons from Winston-Salem Dash.
	01/23/2017	Chicago White Sox invited non-roster RHP Michael Kopech to spring training.
	12/06/2016	Chicago White Sox traded LHP Chris Sale to Boston Red Sox for CF Luis Alexander Basabe, RHP Michael Kopech, RHP Victor Diaz and 3B Yoan Moncada.
	12/06/2016	RHP Michael Kopech assigned to Winston-Salem Dash.
	07/07/2016	Salem Red Sox activated RHP Michael Kopech from the 7-day disabled list.
	07/01/2016	Salem Red Sox placed RHP Michael Kopech on the 7-day disabled list.
	06/23/2016	RHP Michael Kopech assigned to Salem Red Sox from Greenville Drive.
	06/16/2016	Greenville Drive sent RHP Michael Kopech on a rehab assignment to Lowell Spinners.
	04/07/2016	Greenville Drive placed RHP Michael Kopech on the 7-day disabled list.
	09/23/2015	Greenville Drive activated RHP Michael Kopech from the restricted list.
	07/16/2015	Greenville Drive placed RHP Michael Kopech on the restricted list.
	04/07/2015	RHP Michael Kopech assigned to Greenville Drive from GCL Red Sox.
	06/20/2014	RHP Michael Kopech assigned to GCL Red Sox.
	06/17/2014	Boston Red Sox signed RHP Michael Kopech.

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
August	1	0	0.82	3	3	11.0	11	1	1	0	1	9	1.09
September	0	1	18.90	1	1	3.1	9	7	7	4	1	6	3.00
Post All-Star	1	1	5.02	4	4	14.1	20	8	8	4	2	15	1.53

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	4.05	6.2	11	3	3	3	1	7	1.80
Bases Loaded	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Runner at 1st	6.75	2.2	5	2	2	1	1	3	2.25
Runners at 1st & 2nd	0.00	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.60
Runners at 1st & 3rd	0.00	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Runner at 2nd	18.00	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	2	2.00
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Runner at 3rd	.*	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Scoring Position	5.40	5.0	4	3	3	0	0	5	0.80

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	0	1	7.56	3	3	0	8.1	13	7	7	4	2	11	1.80
Away Games	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	4	1.17
Day Games	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	4	1.17
Night Games	0	1	7.56	3	3	0	8.1	13	7	7	4	2	11	1.80
Leading Off			6.75				2.2	5	2	2	2	0	3	1.88

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	10.80	5.0	12	6	6	4	1	4	2.60
One Out	3.60	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	5	1.00
Two Outs	0.00	4.1	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.92

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	2.25	4.0	4	1	1	1	1	5	1.25
Second Inning	0.00	4.0	4	0	0	0	1	5	1.25
Third Inning	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33
Fourth Inning	40.50	1.1	7	6	6	3	0	2	5.25
Fifth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sixth Inning	9.00	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4.00
Seventh Inning	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
April	0	1	2.14	4	4	21.0	14	5	5	0	7	29	1.00
May	2	1	5.04	6	6	30.1	22	19	17	3	18	39	1.32
June	1	4	5.46	6	6	28.0	23	20	17	2	27	37	1.79
July	1	1	3.33	5	5	27.0	22	11	10	4	8	38	1.11
August	3	0	1.35	3	3	20.0	20	3	3	0	0	27	1.00
Pre All-Star	3	7	4.70	17	17	82.1	62	48	43	6	56	111	1.43
Post All-Star	4	0	1.84	7	7	44.0	39	10	9	3	4	59	0.98

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	0.67	67.1	56	5	5	5	32	96	1.31
Bases Loaded	27.00	3.1	2	11	10	1	1	1	0.90
Runner at 1st	1.29	21.0	22	4	3	1	13	28	1.67
Runners at 1st & 2nd	3.95	13.2	6	6	6	0	2	18	0.59
Runners at 1st & 3rd	7.50	6.0	4	6	5	0	2	8	1.00
Runner at 2nd	10.38	8.2	9	11	10	2	8	12	1.96
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	14.54	4.1	0	9	7	0	1	4	0.23
Runner at 3rd	27.00	2.0	2	6	6	0	1	3	1.50
Scoring Position	10.42	38.0	23	49	44	3	15	46	1.00

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	4	4	3.86	13	13	0	72.1	65	37	31	7	34	95	1.37
Away Games	3	3	3.50	11	11	0	54.0	36	21	21	2	26	75	1.15
Day Games	2	0	3.15	4	4	0	20.0	9	7	7	2	8	22	0.85
Night Games	5	7	3.81	20	20	0	106.1	92	51	45	7	52	148	1.35
Leading Off			0.64				28.1	27	2	2	2	14	38	1.45
Late / Close			0.00				3.0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.67

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	2.53	42.2	42	15	12	3	25	57	1.57
One Out	4.91	44.0	31	26	24	5	20	56	1.16
Two Outs	3.63	39.2	28	17	16	1	15	57	1.08

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	3.00	24.0	10	11	8	1	18	38	1.17
Second Inning	5.63	24.0	23	15	15	5	9	37	1.33
Third Inning	3.91	23.0	16	10	10	1	17	26	1.43
Fourth Inning	5.59	19.1	19	13	12	2	8	24	1.40
Fifth Inning	2.00	18.0	15	4	4	0	5	21	1.11
Sixth Inning	1.93	14.0	16	5	3	0	2	18	1.29
Seventh Inning	0.00	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	6	0.75

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2018-08-21	Chicago White Sox	Minnesota Twins	0	0	0.00	1	1	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1.50
2018-08-26	Detroit Tigers	Chicago White Sox	1	0	1.13	1	1	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	4	1.25
2018-08-31	Chicago White Sox	Boston Red Sox	0	0	0.82	1	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.09
August			1	0	0.82	3	3	11.0	11	1	1	0	1	9	1.09
2018-09-05	Chicago White Sox	Detroit Tigers	0	1	5.02	1	1	3.1	9	7	7	4	1	6	1.53
September			0	1	18.90	1	1	3.1	9	7	7	4	1	6	3.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2018-04-09	Norfolk Tides	Charlotte Knights	0	0	0.00	1	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	8	1.00
2018-04-14	Charlotte Knights	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0	0	0.90	1	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	2	3	1.10
2018-04-20	Indianapolis Indians	Charlotte Knights	0	1	2.40	1	1	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	10	1.20
2018-04-25	Louisville Bats	Charlotte Knights	0	0	2.14	1	1	6.0	1	1	1	0	2	8	1.00
April			0	1	2.14	4	4	21.0	14	5	5	0	7	29	1.00
2018-05-01	Charlotte Knights	Gwinnett Stripers	0	0	2.67	1	1	6.0	7	4	3	0	2	6	1.11
2018-05-06	Columbus Clippers	Charlotte Knights	0	0	3.00	1	1	3.0	1	2	2	0	4	3	1.17
2018-05-11	Charlotte Knights	Durham Bulls	0	1	4.86	1	1	3.1	5	8	8	2	4	6	1.32
2018-05-18	Columbus Clippers	Charlotte Knights	1	0	4.02	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	9	1.19
2018-05-23	Charlotte Knights	Norfolk Tides	0	0	3.97	1	1	5.0	4	3	2	0	4	8	1.24
2018-05-28	Charlotte Knights	Indianapolis Indians	1	0	3.86	1	1	6.0	3	2	2	1	2	7	1.19
May			2	1	5.04	6	6	30.1	22	19	17	3	18	39	1.32
2018-06-02	Buffalo Bisons	Charlotte Knights	0	1	4.89	1	1	2.0	5	7	7	1	4	2	1.31
2018-06-08	Charlotte Knights	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	0	1	4.70	1	1	6.0	5	2	2	0	5	10	1.35
2018-06-14	Norfolk Tides	Charlotte Knights	0	1	5.20	1	1	3.0	2	5	5	0	8	2	1.44
2018-06-20	Charlotte Knights	Columbus Clippers	1	0	5.08	1	1	5.0	4	3	2	1	4	6	1.46
2018-06-25	Durham Bulls	Charlotte Knights	0	0	4.66	1	1	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	9	1.42
2018-06-30	Charlotte Knights	Gwinnett Stripers	0	1	4.42	1	1	6.0	3	3	1	0	4	8	1.40
June			1	4	5.46	6	6	28.0	23	20	17	2	27	37	1.79
2018-07-05	Charlotte Knights	Durham Bulls	0	1	4.70	1	1	3.0	3	4	4	1	4	6	1.43
2018-07-14	Durham Bulls	Charlotte Knights	0	0	4.48	1	1	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	11	1.39
2018-07-19	Charlotte Knights	Pawtucket Red Sox	0	0	4.29	1	1	6.0	7	2	1	0	1	9	1.39
2018-07-26	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Charlotte Knights	1	0	4.26	1	1	5.0	4	2	2	1	0	4	1.36
2018-07-31	Charlotte Knights	Norfolk Tides	0	0	4.15	1	1	7.0	4	2	2	2	2	8	1.33
July			1	1	3.33	5	5	27.0	22	11	10	4	8	38	1.11
2018-08-05	Charlotte Knights	Durham Bulls	1	0	4.05	1	1	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	9	1.31
2018-08-11	Rochester Red Wings	Charlotte Knights	1	0	3.81	1	1	7.0	5	0	0	0	0	9	1.28
2018-08-16	Charlotte Knights	Louisville Bats	1	0	3.70	1	1	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	9	1.27
August			3	0	1.35	3	3	20.0	20	3	3	0	0	27	1.00

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kopech relies on 4 pitches. Four Seamer (62.5%), Slider (16.4%), Curve (11.3%), Changeup (9.8%),

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Statcast Statistics

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2018	256	46	6	13.0	91.9	22.1	.319	.612	.427	.427	.523	47.8	22.1	2.9
ALL	256	46	6	13.0	91.9	22.1	.319	.612	.427	.427	.523	47.8	22.1	2.9
MLB			32772	6.2	87.4	11.0	.251	.408	.317	.318	.370	34.1	21.4	8.2

Pitch Tracking

Year	Pitch Type	#	# RHB	# LHB	%	MPH	PA	AB	H	1B	2B	HR	SO	BBE	BA	XBA	SLG	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	EV	LA	Spin	BB%	K%	Whiff%	PutAway%
2018	Four Seamer	160	71	89	62.5	95.4	50	45	15	8	4	3	10	35	.333	.318	.622	.619	.433	.429	92.1	22	2559	4.0	20.0	17.0	18.9
2018	Slider	42	34	8	16.4	82.8	8	8	2	2	0	0	4	4	.250	.200	.250	.224	.220	.184	82.7	29	2310	0.0	50.0	40.0	21.1
2018	Curve	29	12	17	11.3	78.2	6	4	2	0	1	1	0	4	.500	.556	1.500	1.352	.786	.765	94.1	27	2254	0.0	0.0	16.7	0.0
2018	Changeup	25	5	20	9.8	88.6	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.329	.250	.561	.220	.380	98.2	8	1768	0.0	25.0	30.0	25.0

Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Swing %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2018	256	54.3	67.6	85.1	30.8	61.1	43.0	33.8	50.8	21.5	8.2	90.5
ALL	256	54.3	67.6	85.1	30.8	61.1	43.0	33.8	50.8	21.5	8.2	90.5
MLB		48.6	65.8	83.1	28.1	60.0	42.7	28.0	46.5	24.1	7.3	74.9

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %
2018	28.3	26.1	32.6	13.0	39.1	34.8	26.1	0.0	23.9	26.1	26.1	10.9	13.0
ALL	28.3	26.1	32.6	13.0	39.1	34.8	26.1	0.0	23.9	26.1	26.1	10.9	13.0
MLB	45.7	21.7	25.6	7.1	36.3	38.2	25.5	4.7	34.4	24.4	24.9	5.5	6.2

Statcast Shift Statistics

			vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	PA	wOBA	PA	Shifts	%	PA	Shifts	%
2018	68	.427	34	0	0.0	34	11	32.4

Michael Kopech

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Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kopech relies on 4 pitches. Four Seamer (62.5%), Slider (16.4%), Curve (11.3%), Changeup (9.8%),

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