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Michael Kopech

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: April 30, 1996 in Longview, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (33rd) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, TX).

High School: Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, TX)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.041 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Headline Sports Group • Previously: CAA Sports

Full Name: Michael Talbert Kopech

Nicknames: Kopey

Pronunciation: \CO-peck\

Twitter: @MichaelKopech5

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.6

5.1

ERA

3.32

4.27

122

21.2

354.0

386

WHIP

1.292

1.345

2017 Player Pitching Game Log

2017 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2017-04-08	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Jackson Generals	1-5		4.1	3	2	2	2	10	1	1	57	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	75	44	16	11	1	4	1	0
2	2017-04-14	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Montgomery Biscuits	1-4		3.2	1	1	1	5	5	0	0	55	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	75	41	4	9	3	4	0	0
3	2017-04-20	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Tennessee Smokies	1-5	L	4.0	4	4	2	3	5	0	0	44	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	79	46	15	11	4	9	3	3
4	2017-04-25	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	1-6	W	6.0	1	0	0	4	8	0	0	74	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	95	65	25	9	2	8	1	2
5	2017-05-04	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Mississippi Braves	1-6	L	6.0	4	3	3	2	8	1	2	58	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	99	64	18	16	8	7	4	1
6	2017-05-09	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-6	W	6.0	2	1	1	2	6	1	0	68	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	20	98	61	16	11	7	5	1	1
7	2017-05-14	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Chattanooga Lookouts	1-6		5.1	3	3	3	3	9	1	0	56	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	98	63	17	14	5	5	1	0
8	2017-05-19	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Tennessee Smokies	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	0	73	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	104	68	19	8	5	11	2	2
9	2017-05-25	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Mobile BayBears	1-5		5.0	4	1	1	4	6	0	0	57	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	21	97	59	26	7	6	5	2	0
10	2017-05-31	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-6	W	5.2	4	1	0	4	10	0	0	65	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	104	63	17	17	6	4	3	0
11	2017-06-06	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Tennessee Smokies	1-6	L	5.1	4	5	5	5	5	1	0	40	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	94	56	18	8	3	10	1	2
12	2017-06-11	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Mobile BayBears	1-4		3.2	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	50	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	91	55	15	6	5	6	2	1
13	2017-06-16	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Jackson Generals	1-5	L	4.0	5	6	5	4	3	0	0	29	15	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	20	72	45	15	8	3	9	3	0
14	2017-06-23	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Montgomery Biscuits	1-6		6.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	60	22	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	24	91	57	17	14	7	6	1	1
15	2017-06-29	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Biloxi Shuckers	1-3	L	3.0	5	4	4	3	3	0	0	33	11	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	16	70	42	12	7	6	4	2	0
16	2017-07-04	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Jackson Generals	1-4	L	3.1	5	5	4	4	4	0	0	32	12	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	16	82	39	12	9	3	5	1	0
17	2017-07-14	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Biloxi Shuckers	1-6	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	2	63	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	97	61	18	11	7	10	3	2
18	2017-07-20	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Jackson Generals	1-8	W	8.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	82	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	97	70	23	11	11	10	4	0
19	2017-07-26	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Chattanooga Lookouts	1-6	W	6.0	2	1	1	2	12	0	1	74	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	107	70	19	16	5	3	1	1
20	2017-07-31	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-7	L	7.0	4	2	1	0	8	0	0	71	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	95	64	20	9	5	13	3	4
21	2017-08-05	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons	@	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	0	1	11	0	0	77	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	93	63	18	15	6	9	1	2
22	2017-08-12	AA-SOUL	Birmingham Barons		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-7		7.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	79	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	96	65	12	19	4	9	1	3
		Player Moved from AA-SOUL to AAA-IL
23	2017-08-21	AAA-IL	Charlotte Knights	@	Norfolk Tides	1-5	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	49	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	92	58	13	8	5	10	3	2
24	2017-08-26	AAA-IL	Charlotte Knights	@	Gwinnett Braves	1-5		5.0	2	1	1	3	6	0	0	62	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	102	63	14	14	4	8	6	0
25	2017-09-01	AAA-IL	Charlotte Knights		Norfolk Tides	1-5	L	5.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	0	52	20	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	20	89	64	6	19	4	9	5	0

2017 Player Pitching Splits

2017 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	25	550	476	50	92	20	3	6	14	9	65	172	.193	.296	.286	.582	.286	136	8	6	0	3	0

Home	12	268	233	21	44	10	2	1	7	3	30	81	.189	.284	.262	.545	.279	61	3	2	0	3	0
Away	13	282	243	29	48	10	1	5	7	6	35	91	.198	.309	.309	.617	.293	75	5	4	0	0	0

April	4	77	62	7	9	3	0	1	1	1	14	28	.145	.312	.242	.554	.242	15	0	1	0	0	0
May	6	139	120	10	20	1	0	3	3	3	17	47	.167	.281	.250	.531	.243	30	2	2	0	0	0
June	5	101	80	18	22	6	0	1	5	3	18	22	.275	.396	.388	.784	.350	31	2	0	0	3	0
July	5	120	109	9	19	6	2	1	1	1	8	37	.174	.250	.294	.544	.254	32	2	3	0	0	0
August	4	93	85	4	15	3	0	0	3	0	8	31	.177	.247	.212	.459	.278	18	1	0	0	0	0
September	1	20	20	2	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	7	.350	.350	.500	.850	.539	10	1	0	0	0	0

As Starter	25	550	476	50	92	20	3	6	14	9	65	172	.193	.296	.286	.582	.286	136	8	6	0	3	0

vs RHB as RHP	25	293	258		50	11	0	3			28	86	.194	.283	.271	.555	.275	70	5	5	0	2	0
vs LHB as RHP	25	257	218		42	9	3	3			37	86	.193	.311	.303	.614	.300	66	3	1	0	1	0

Bases Empty	25	325	281		55	11	3	4			40	106	.196	.305	.299	.604	.298	84	0	4	0	0	0
Runners On	25	225	195		37	9	0	2			25	66	.190	.284	.267	.551	.269	52	8	2	0	3	0

vs. Younger Batters	1	3	3		0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
vs. Older Batters	25	547	473		92	20	3	6			65	171	.195	.298	.288	.586	.288	136	8	6	0	3	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	9	8	.529	2.88	25	25	0	134.1	92	50	43	6	65	0	172	6	1	0	550	1.169	11.5	2.65

Home	4	5	.444	2.45	12	12	0	66.0	44	21	18	1	30	0	81	2	0	0	268	1.121	11.0	2.70
Away	5	3	.625	3.29	13	13	0	68.1	48	29	25	5	35	0	91	4	1	0	282	1.215	12.0	2.60

April	1	1	.500	2.50	4	4	0	18.0	9	7	5	1	14	0	28	1	0	0	77	1.278	14.0	2.00
May	3	1	.750	2.31	6	6	0	35.0	20	10	9	3	17	0	47	2	1	0	139	1.057	12.1	2.76
June	0	3	.000	6.95	5	5	0	22.0	22	18	17	1	18	0	22	0	0	0	101	1.818	9.0	1.22
July	3	2	.600	2.08	5	5	0	30.1	19	9	7	1	8	0	37	3	0	0	120	0.890	11.0	4.63
August	2	0	1.000	1.13	4	4	0	24.0	15	4	3	0	8	0	31	0	0	0	93	0.958	11.6	3.88
September	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	20	1.400	12.6

As Starter	9	8	.529	2.88	25	25	0	134.1	92	50	43	6	65	0	172	6	1	0	550	1.169	11.5	2.65

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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