With most of the eyes in White Sox camp focused on top prospects Yoan Moncada, Lucas Giolito and Michael Kopech, the first acquisition of the long-awaited rebuild can do his thing in relative peace.
That's fine with Charlie Tilson, the center fielder from New Trier who received a humbling lesson in August when he suffered a season-ending hamstring injury in his major-league debut in Detroit.
Nothing is promised in life, even if you think you've finally made it.
Tilson figured that out one day in the basement of his parent's home in Wilmette, when asked to send a smartphone photo of his hamstring to Sox doctors before undergoing surgery.