With the focus on the future on the South Side, it’s easy to get caught up in who could one day lead the team’s starting rotation the next time it’s ready to contend for a championship.
But it’s also becoming increasingly easy to see that the best candidate might be the guy anchoring this rotation right now.
There’s plenty of development left to occur before that future starting staff is set. Michael Kopech, Dylan Cease, Dane Dunning, Alec Hansen and a few other names haven’t hit the majors yet. Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez are hardly finished products at the big league level.