The White Sox have a bright future. The ongoing rebuild has fans excited for years of planned contention with a legion of highly touted prospects developing in the minor leagues.
But with the Pittsburgh Pirates in town earlier this week — and the White Sox heading to the Steel City next week for two more with the Bucs — it served as a reminder that there’s a dark alternate timeline that plenty of rebuilding teams have experienced: What if a rebuild doesn’t work?
In the midst of this process, it seems as if Rick Hahn’s front office is making all the right moves.