Count Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper as someone who doesn’t feel Carlos Rodon will be ready to start the season. The left-hander continues to recover from arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. The surgery has a recovery time of six to eight months. Rodon had surgery in September so eight months would be May.
“I’m not counting on and I don’t think anybody is counting on him being ready to start the season,” Cooper said. “Obviously, we will learn more at SoxFest [Jan. 26-28] and we’ll learn some when Spring Training opens up.