Michael Kopech is starting the 2025 season on the injured list as he recovers from right shoulder impingement he suffered in spring training while trying to ramp up. The right-handed reliever also battled a stomach virus that sidelined him earlier this month.
Kopech, who joined the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline last season, struggled with forearm and elbow pain in the fall. He pitched 24 innings in the regular season with Los Angeles and nine through the Dodgers’ World Series run.
“It was just a little bit tougher to bounce back than it should have been,” Kopech said to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.