The White Sox have placed Michael Kopech on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring, per Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-times (via Twitter). The move is retroactive to May 28th.
Jimmy Lambert, meanwhile, has been recalled to be the 27th man for today’s doubleheader. He will start the second game. It will be the first appearance of the season for Lambert. The 26-year-old tossed two scoreless innings of relief in 2020. He is likely to function in more of an opener role than as a traditional starter.
Kopech boasts the beginnings of a breakout campaign. The lanky Texan has moved seamlessly between roles for manager Tony La Russa, putting up a 1.72 ERA/2.54 FIP across 31 1/3 innings. If he can continue with a 36.0 percent strikeout rate and 8.8 percent walk rate as he has thus far, the White Sox may have a premier swingman on their hands. As ever, however, healthy will be primary for Kopech.
No. Dang it. The dude Is a future cy young winner and he needs to stay healthy. Looking forward to Lambert, hope Kopech can come back soon.
Calm down, boy. I don’t think he’s in jeopardy of losing any CY because of a two week hamstring injury this year.
@Steve Nebraska
I don’t mean to speak for him, but I’m thinking he’s more frustrated over another key player from the Sox on the IL than whether or not this is going to cost him the Cy Young. I agree with that frustration.
These hamstring injuries are just racking up man holy
Injuries in general. Sox are for sure one of the top teams that have been ravaged by injuries this season
Lanky? That’s certainly not how I would describe Kopech. He’s legendary for his weightlifting (check out some of his YouTube videos).
Hope he gets off the IL not long after the 10 days are up. He’s been their best reliever this year.
@83. I agree that I wouldn’t use ‘lanky’ to describe Kopech either. I’d more likely say he lacks some maturity and common sense.
As ever, however, whatever, forever, never.
Not that confident in Lambert. We’ll see how he does I suppose. I know it’s still early but this series against Cleveland is important.
That was a good doubleheader yesterday, wasn’t it?
Kopech, the White Sox and us fans should feel lucky that he is only dealing with a hamstring strain! It looked a lot worse when Kopech fell down after throwing that pitch.