MLB Trade Deadline 2017: 5 teams that emerge winners

3. Chicago White Sox

It is crystal clear what the White Sox were trying to accomplish at the trade deadline — sell off everything with even a little value. Rick Hahn executed the rebuilding plan to perfection. He was even able to spin Melky Cabrera to the Kansas City Royals. His smartest trade may have been packaging multiple relievers with Todd Frazier to maximize his return.

The White Sox now have eight of the top-100 MLB prospects and most of them are close to being ready for their debut in the big leagues. Yoan Moncada is the top prospect in all of baseball and is already up. Michael Kopech gets Noah Syndergaard comparisons while Eloy Jimenez has power on the level of Giancarlo Stanton. Even if Reynaldo Lopez and Lucas Giolito fail to reach their ceiling, the White Sox are still looking at two potential number-three starters or dominant relievers.

Rebuilding is hard when it is not done right. When it’s done right, it can be much a much easier and exciting process for fans. There are nearly a dozen prospects in this system who would be the number-one prospect in more than one organization around the league.

Chicago will not be a total Cubs town forever. The White Sox will be good in the future. It’s only a matter of when, not if. Rick Hahn and his front office are building a juggernaut in the minor leagues. Obviously at least one or two of these prospects will fail to pan out as All-Stars, but they all have that potential.