Ep. 122: The ins and outs of Michael Kopech

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

With Michael Kopech knocking on the door to the major leagues, Chuck Garfien spoke with Charlotte Knights pitching coach Steve McCatty to get the latest on the White Sox top pitching prospect. They discuss what pitch Kopech has recently added to his arsenal, how he deals with the attention and pressure to make it to the big leagues, his preparation for games and much more. Plus, McCatty talks about the time threw a 14-inning complete game for the Oakland A's, what it was like being a teammate of Rickey Henderson and playing for Billy Martin.

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0:27.6	All right, a busy week of podcasts.
0:30.2	We got three of them back to back to back with some great guests.
0:35.2	It started with Pat Casey, head baseball coach at Oregon State,
0:38.1	who gave us some keen insight into the Sox number one pick, Nick Madrigal.
0:44.0	And if Casey is correct, the Sox may have drafted a superstar.
0:48.9	So good stuff.
0:49.9	You've got to listen to if you haven't already from that podcast.
0:53.4	Tomorrow, after the draft is over,
0:56.7	I've got White Sox scouting director, Nick Hostelder, coming back on the podcast to go over
1:01.7	everything that happened the last few days with the White Sox draft, not just who they drafted,
1:06.6	but how a lot of it went down behind the scenes, hoping to get some good stuff.
1:11.2	We always get good stuff from Nick Hosteller.
1:13.0	He's one of our favorite guests.
1:14.2	So that is coming up Thursday.
1:15.6	So look for that.
1:17.0	As for today, we're digging deep into the White Sox Farm System.
1:23.8	I'm going to spend a lot of time talking about Michael Copac.
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