The White Sox's new rebuilding under Chris Getz faces early skepticism from their supporters and analysts alike. While initially optimistic, concerns are growing as the team struggles in the early season. The emphasis is on identifying untapped player potential, but failures in past scouting and player development loom large. Historical comparisons highlight how other teams successfully navigated similar rebuilds, leaving fans questioning if the White Sox can break their mediocrity cycle or if they will repeat past mistakes. This situation places workers and staff in a challenging evaluative position so soon into the campaign.
By no means did I think they'd be particularly watchable in 2025, but I did suspect that we'd see enough positive flashes from a fresh roster of young players to make it at least a little more worthwhile.
It's too early to judge too many performances on an individual level, but it's not too early to be concerned that I've seen almost nothing to alleviate my worry that Chris Getz is making many of the same mistakes that doomed the great rebuilding effort of his predecessors.
A critical part of being a rebuilding, dregs-of-the-league franchise is giving opportunities to ballplayers who, for any number of reasons, would not have had the chance to break through elsewhere.
I'm not convinced Getz will be any more successful at it this time around than he was the first time.
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