The Chicago White Sox are having an important development season in 2019. Unfortunately, they have had to do it without top pitching prospect Michael Kopech. Yesterday marked one year since Kopech made his Major League debut. He got off to a really good start in his career but Tommy John surgery put him on the shelf for the remainder of the 2018 season and all of the 2019 season.
The White Sox were never going to be a contender in 2019 with or without Kopech so if this had to happen, it is better that it happened when it did.