Congratulations to Michael Kopech.
The Los Angeles Dodgers reliever conscionable won his first World Series title complete nan New York Yankees successful 5 games successful a postseason capacity that’s champion classified arsenic coagulated for nan 28-year-old.
He wasn’t nan Dodgers’ champion limb (because Walker Buehler exists, among different things), but he was coagulated capable to gain head Dave Roberts’ spot successful October pinch 10 strikeouts complete 9 innings pinch a 3.00 ERA and 1.33 WHIP.
Kopech, however, accomplished thing overmuch much astounding. Something he tin clasp complete each 1 of his Dodgers teammates. He will now beryllium credited pinch being a personnel of nan worst MLB squad of each time nan aforesaid twelvemonth he won nan World Series.
Up until precocious July, Kopech was a portion of nan 121-loss Chicago White Sox. He was yet dealt to Los Angeles astatine nan waste and acquisition deadline arsenic portion of a three-team switch that sent Kopech, Tommy Edman and Oliver Gonzalez to nan Dodgers while nan St. Louis Cardinals received Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham. Chicago received Miguel Vargas, Alexander Albertus and Jeral Pérez.
That waste and acquisition proved important for Los Angeles arsenic Edman earned National League Championship Series MVP against nan New York Mets.
Vargas, nan centerpiece of nan return from nan Dodgers, slashed .104/.217/.170 for nan White Sox complete 42 games aft nan trade.
Congrats, erstwhile again, to Michael Kopech for escaping shot hellhole and reaching immortality only a fewer months later. Anything is genuinely possible.
From worst to first 🔥
Michael Kopech is simply a World Series champion pic.twitter.com/vl0FwyqsfP
— Sox On 35th (@SoxOn35th) October 31, 2024
On July 7, Michael Kopech stood astatine his locker and answered each questions aft Jake Burger’s walkoff blast ended a 9h-inning rally against nan White Sox closer. A standup infinitesimal done a unsmooth day.
On Oct. 30, Kopech is simply a World Series champion. Solid individual, awesome story
— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) October 31, 2024
Michael Kopech gets that parade we utilized to talk astir successful Chicago.
— jon greenberg (@jon_greenberg) October 31, 2024