"Just like when you're building a business,'' Getz said, ''it's going to take time for you to be as productive as you'd like to be.”

The hope for the White Sox to potentially turn around their misery in the coming years lies primarily in the promise of their young pitchers.Most notably, it lies in the futures of 21-year-old left-hander Noah Schultz and 21-year-old left-hander Hagen Smith.