GLENDALE, Ariz. — A failed PED test. A 50-game suspension. A fight with a former teammate. A broken pitching hand.
It all blew up like that for Michael Kopech in one calendar year.
And it was probably the best thing that ever happened to him.
“There have been points where I wanted to quit baseball. There have been points where I wanted to stop trying,” Kopech said Thursday in an exclusive interview with NBC Sports Chicago.
This was the breaking point that almost ended Kopech’s career before it truly began but would eventually change his life for the better once the storms passed.