Rick Renteria has expectations of playing in October. And he wants everyone involved with the White Sox to feel the same way.
Those playoff expectations are realistic ones after the work Rick Hahn's front office has done this winter, joining impact veterans like Yasmani Grandal, Dallas Keuchel and Edwin Encarnacion with a burgeoning young core that broke out in impressive fashion in 2019.
Of course, the White Sox still lost 89 games last season, despite breakout campaigns from Lucas Giolito, Yoan Moncada, Tim Anderson and Eloy Jimenez. So there's plenty that has to happen before the South Side can start making October plans for the first time in more than a decade.