Resurrected

Until the last week or so, both Michael Kopech and Romy Gonzalez were dead to me, and for good reason. Has there ever been a more disastrous first start of the season than Kopech’s on April 3, when he gave up five homeruns to the Giants and failed to get out of the fifth inning? I can’t think of one. As for Gonzalez, he hit .118 in April in thirty-four at-bats, and that’s where he was a week ago after a stint on the IL. Then something clicked, and he’s had three two-run doubles in his last four games, including yesterday’s 6-0 win over the Guardians. Kopech pitched in with seven shutout innings, on top of the eight he had against the Royals in his previous start. Now, here’s how dead those two were. Kopech is 3-1 in May with a 1.99 ERA, nice numbers until you realize he’s 3-4 on the season with a 4.24 ERA. And Gonzalez, for all his recent hitting, finds himself smack dab on the Mendoza Line. Funny how a .200 BA can look good in comparison to everything before it. The White Sox took two out of three in Cleveland and now move on to Detroit for another four games. If the Sox want to keep going, they need more resurrections—Reynaldo Lopez, Seby Zavala…