A day after Michael Kopech fired up the White Sox, Carlos Rodon did what he’s been doing for the past two months.
And in the combination of both pitchers’ outings, it was easy to see what the future could look like for this rebuilding team.
Kopech brought the fanfare of a top prospect reaching the major league stage. His flame-thrower fashion and status as one of baseball’s highest-rated young players brought out the fans and ratcheted up the intensity for a team with a record 30 games below .500. Despite the rain limiting him to only two innings, he gave fans and observers a taste of what’s to come in his big league career.