Renteria: Rebuilds require organization-wide effort

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rick Renteria knows about rebuilding.

He was part of the Cubs’ ongoing process, which eventually resulted in the 2016 World Series championship, when he managed one season on the North Side in ’14. So Renteria is ready to work with young players in his first go at the White Sox helm, after serving as the team’s bench coach under Robin Ventura in ’16, but he also knows it takes a village to grow a consistent winner.

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“When you’re looking at an organization, and that’s what we’re looking at as a whole, everybody plays a huge hand in helping these young men develop,” said Renteria during his Wednesday manager’s session at baseball’s Winter Meetings. “My conversations with coaches allow them the autonomy to do what they do, the hitting coaches and fielding coaches, the pitching coaches. We have guys with a tremendous amount of experience.

“The one thing that I think the game, the industry, has shown is that younger players are filtering in a lot sooner than they used to in the past. You still have to continue to teach at the Major League …

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