(670 The Score) Amid breakthrough seasons by White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and third baseman, manager Rick Renteria believes that we've only begun to see what they're capable of.
"All players after a certain amount of time at the major league level, you start feeling more comfortable with who you are as a player," Renteria said in an interview with Laurence Holmes on Tuesday afternoon. "That's just the natural course of events. I think especially, again, skilled players that start to come into trusting themselves and know what they're about, they start perform very, very well. Hopefully, we're scratching the surface of what these guys are going to be."
Anderson, 25, is hitting .339 with six homers, 20 RBIs, 21 runs, an MLB-best 12 steals and an .894 OPS in 30 games. He was recently named the American League Player of the Month for March/April.
Moncada, 23, is hitting .293 with seven homers, 24 RBIs, 25 runs and an .876 OPS in 33 games after he struggled in 2018.
"I wish I could tell you it was a special pill, but it's not," Renteria said of what's driven their ascension. "It's just more time at the major league level, experience, trusting themselves, learning what types of a routine they maintain to allow them to maintain the way they've performed, knowing that there's going to be ups and downs but you got to maintain an even-keel. I think that's all a process of maturation and being here and learning it and experiencing the good and the bad and knowing that even if they have a bad day, it doesn't mean they're a bad player. All players have bad days. All players have great days. But every day is a different day. You just try to be consistent."
