Ron Vesely/Getty ImagesChicago White Sox pitcherMichael Kopech has acknowledged he deleted offensive tweets from his timeline and expressed remorse for his poor judgment.Twitter user mylittlefaith captured screenshots of the tweets in question(warning: contains offensive language):britney mylittlefaithBoSox_4150 Petty_OBJ AgentSheryl chonixtoplatd heres some of them mhZNGwE6UKKopech addressed the social media posts withMadeline Kenney of the Chicago Sun-Timeson Thursday:"Yeah http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-tim-anderson-jersey , I had to delete some stuff. Things I said that were immature and inappropriate. I used some poor language in there. Obviously, I'm trying to be looked at as a role model and the last thing I want to do is have some kid look at what I'm saying and take it the wrong way. "It's unfortunate that I was ever at that point mentally but it's not who I am now. Yeah, I cleaned some tweets up and tried to get rid of them. But, obviously, people saw them. It's not who I am now and it's not who I want to be. It was something I did in high school, and with everything I've gone through in pro ball the last five seasons I feel like a big part of my career was maturing. Hate to see it but it's not who I am anymore."Kopech, 22 http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-yoan-moncada-jersey , owned up to the tweets while pointing out he was 17 years old when the posts were written.He is the White Sox's second-ranked prospect and the No. 13 prospect in all of baseball, according toMLB.com.The tweets came to light before Kopech made his major league debut Tuesday. Even though rain forced an early exit, the right-hander had the baseball world buzzing after striking out four Minnesota Twins batters in two shutout innings.Kopech becomes the latest MLB player to have offensive social media posts come to light this summer. Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader, Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb and Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner have all apologized for their previous incidents.2018 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player Donte DiVincenzo and Buffalo Bills rookieJosh Allen have also come under fire this year for insensitive tweets. WASHINGTON — The New York Mets dinged Max Scherzer’s Cy Young chances Thursday night.Now the Nationals will get a shot at Jacob deGrom.Cy Young candidate deGrom (8-9, 1.78 ERA) opposes Washington right-hander Joe Ross (0-0, 3.60) on Friday night in the second contest of a four-game series at Nationals Park.Article continues below ...With two starts remaining, deGrom needs to win both to hit double digits and finish with a personal won-loss mark above .500. Though wins are devalued these days Welington Castillo Jersey , the fewest by any starting pitcher to win the Cy Young is 14 by Mariners’ ace Felix Hernandez in 2010.DeGrom has allowed three runs or fewer in 27 consecutive starts, a major league single-season record. He has turned in 22 straight quality starts, tying him for the all-time single-season record.The right-hander picked up his last win Aug. 18. In his last start, he got a no-decision after allowing three runs in seven innings against the Red Sox in a game New York lost. He struck out 12 and walked one.“I want to win every baseball game I throw, but it hasn’t gone that way for me this year,” deGrom told the New York Post. “I definitely like wins, but more importantly you want the team to win when you are pitching http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , and it just hasn’t gone that way for me out there.”The Mets are 12-18 in his starts.DeGrom is 6-4 with a 2.76 ERA in 14 career starts against the Nationals. This season, he beat the Nationals on April 5 and got a no-decision on April 16.Scherzer allowed three runs in seven innings Thursday night, including back-to-back home runs in the third to Michael Conforto and Jay Bruce. His ERA ticked up to 2.57 and he left the game trailing.“We kept saying, ‘Keep on him, keep on him, keep on him,'” Mets manager Mickey Callaway told mlb.com. “Unfortunately Joey Votto Jersey , it’s Scherzer, and that’s not easy to do. To do what we did was pretty good. To keep on scoring off a guy like that is pretty tough.”Scherzer, in fact, retired 13 of the final 15 batters he faced, finishing with 13 strikeouts to give him 290, a Nationals record.“He fight. He never give up,” outfielder Juan Soto told the Washington Post. “He throw and throw. It doesn’t matter if you hit a homer http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-brandon-finnegan-jersey , he’s going to keep working.”Scherzer has 17 wins with two starts remaining.Washington rallied to tie the game in the eighth, but New York won 5-4 in 12 innings thanks to former National Jose Lobaton’s sacrifice fly.Ross allowed two runs on four hits over five innings last week against the Cubs in his first start of the season and first since undergoing Tommy John surgery in July of 2017. (He started against the Cubs on Sept. 7, but the game was rained out in the second inning.)“Hopefully next time I can get ahead a little bit better and pitch deeper into the game,” Ross told the Washington Post after throwing 74 pitches. “The first complete game back, feel pretty good about myself.”Ross is 2-2 with a 4.29 ERA in six starts versus the Mets.