White Sox starter Michael Kopech envisioned himself pitching 180 innings or more this season. And the Sox are seriously counting on that kind of contribution from him in the future, given that only he and Dylan Cease might return in their 2024 rotation.
But after being put on the injured list this week with inflammation in his right shoulder, Kopech, 27, knows that 180 innings will have to wait until next year. Going on the IL right before the All-Star break was a way of addressing mounting fatigue as his current innings total (86) approaches his single-season career high (119 1/3).
