Take What You Can Get

Michael Kopech, Michael Kopech, Michael Kopech. Another appearance, another run, another loss. The White Sox have now lost six in a row to the Twins. I almost feel bad for manager Mickey Mouse; anybody in his position would call on Kopech, whose fastball is the best it’s been in three years at least. But the old saying, walks will kill you, fits here. Kopech walked the first batter in the ninth inning, and he scored what proved to be the winning run in a 6-5 game. Kopech has walked nine batters in 16.1 innings. Not good. Quite unlike Danny Mendick, who hit a two-run homerun and a double last night. Mendick is 10-for-37 since being called up. Compare that to Martin Maldonado, who started again last night for reasons beyond my comprehension. Maldonado is 5-for-50, and to say his defense is not on a par with Mendick’s would be an understatement. So, it goes, just like you’d expect for a team 6-24