The Chicago White Sox, concluding the second year of their major rebuild, have laid the groundwork for future contention. This contention likely won’t begin until the 2020 season (especially with the news of Michael Kopech’s injury), but the possibility still remotely exists that the White Sox can still be a contender in 2019 thanks to a notoriously weak division — provided that a lot of ifs come to fruition:
- If the young rotation can otherwise stay healthy and maintain what it’s done for the past month (present week excluded).
- If Yoan Moncada can cut down his strikeouts, hit for a higher average, and play better defense.