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Has GM of a fourth-place team ever won Executive of the Year?

Baseball's most interesting mediocre team arrived Monday in Arizona undeterred by the present and overjoyed about the future.

The White Sox, 20-22 as a three-game series against the Diamondbacks began, rewarded everyone supporting a rebuilding effort that looks more legitimate every day. Winning a bidding war for a 19-year-old Cuban outfielder billed as a future superstar will do that. Mojitos for everyone, and put them on Kenny Williams' tab.

Luis Robert, whom MLB.com called "the best player on the planet," became part of the South Side family after the Sox paid a $25 million signing bonus that underscored how serious the organization is about winning again.