It’s overzealous to imagine that any rebuild will produce a superstar as good as Mike Trout.
Baseball’s best player did his thing this weekend on the South Side, most notably with a five-hit, five-RBI, two-homer game Saturday night.
But while the White Sox rebuilding effort likely won’t yield one player that does everything Trout does and as well, there are players either already playing in the majors or still developing in the minor leagues that have superstar potential and superstar expectations. Other successful rebuilds have produced multiple superstars: The Cubs have Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javy Baez, while the Houston Astros have Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman.