When the White Sox mapped out the rebuild they started by collecting top young pitching prospects like Michael Kopech, Reynaldo Lopez, Lucas Giolito, Dylan Cease and Dane Dunning.
Quantity was the key, since not all of them would work out due to injuries or ineffectiveness.
But with enough young talent, combined with the expertise of veteran pitching coach Don Cooper, the Sox felt they’d mature together and provide affordable pitching for years.
There’s no regret over the plan, even though injuries to Kopech and Dunning have sidelined them before they could make their marks, and Lopez and Giolito have fluctuated between dominant starts and awful starts the last two seasons.