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    Rebuild vs. Rebuild: Comparing the 2019 White Sox with the 2014 Cubs

    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune Jun 17, 2019 5 minutes

    Seventy games into Year 3 of their rebuild, the White Sox are feeling pretty good about themselves.

    Despite injuries to starting pitchers Michael Kopech and Carlos Rodon, they're hanging around .500 at 34-36 and doing so behind impressive performances from four key rebuild pieces: Lucas Giolito, Yoan Moncada, Tim Anderson and Eloy Jimenez.

    Heading into the opener of the City Series on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, it's a good time to see how the Sox rebuild compares with the Cubs at the same point of their rebuild in 2014.

    RECORD

    Sox: 34-36, third place and 13 games back in AL Central; 3 1/2 games back in AL wild-card race.

    Cubs: 30-40, last place and 11 1/2 games back in NL Central; eight games back in NL

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