The two hardest-throwing men in the universe have different paths to their results.
Michael Kopech — who came to the White Sox organization from the Boston Red Sox last week in the Chris Sale trade — and Aroldis Chapman were both clocked at throwing 105 mph fastballs in 2016.
Tuesday on Twitter, Kopech kinda/sorta questioned Chapman's workout methods:
Yeah... let's not & say we did https://t.co/9jbucVvR1T
— Kopech (@MichaelKopech5) December 13, 2016
But the 20-year-old pitcher clarified and made sure everybody knew he wasn't bashing Chapman in any way, just pointing out that bench press doesn't specifically help pitchers:
Before everyone gets carried away.