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Michael Kopech

White Sox Career team 2018–2024
Number #45
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 30
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Longview, TX
Born Apr 30, 1996

Key Insights

2025
Both sides hit him about the same

52.9% of the contact right-handers make against Kopech is hit hard, against 18.2% of what left-handers make.

124 pitches to right-handed hitters, 107 to left-handed hitters.
He handles both hands about the same

Right-handed hitters project to a .455 average against Kopech and left-handers to .110.

124 pitches to right-handed hitters, 107 to left-handed hitters.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Kopech averages 96.4 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.

231 pitches in 2025. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 6th in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to

Kopech's stuff spins at 2,611 rpm, 95th percentile in the league.

231 pitches in 2025. 95th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 42nd in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits

The quality of contact against Kopech projects a .320 average, 69th percentile.

231 pitches in 2025. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 246th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 39.3% of the contact Kopech gives up is hit hard, 62nd percentile.

231 pitches in 2025. 62nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 298th in MLB.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 30, 1996
Birth Place Longview, TX
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right