What Am I Missing Here?

White Sox GM Rick Hahn gutted his major-league roster for prospects. I wonder why. Double-A Birmingham has a record of 38-70. Add that to Triple-A Charlotte’s 41-73, and you come up with a combined total of 79-143 for the two teams that could be expected to provide major-league talent to the parent club as early as next year. Lack of talent or coaching, take your pick or mix and match. Consider that the players netted from Hahn’s recent deals haven’t contributed to those totals much one way or another. My question/worry is what happens when you put young players on teams with terrible records. How exactly does growth occur, by watching the other guys screw up? I’ve already mentioned Jake Eder’s struggles. New teammate Nick Nastrini is getting his lumps Birmingham, too, as evidenced by a 6.97 ERA in two starts. Yet both Eder and Nastrini are doing better than Ky Bush, obtained in the Lucas Giolito deal. Bush is 0-2 in three starts, with a 10.22 ERA. Meanwhile, reliever Jordan Leasure sports an 0-2 record, with a 9.64 ERA in six appearances at Charlotte. The stats are somewhat better for the two catchers acquired. Korey Lee is hitting .250 at Charlotte with three RBIs. Interesting that he was batting .283 with thirty-two RBIs for the Astros’ Triple-A team. The one undisputed bright spot is Edgar Quero, hitting .326 at Birmingham, eighty points higher than he was in Double-A for the Angels. Quero also has twelve RBIs at Charlotte, which is nice. Good thing this isn’t a rebuild. If it were, I’d be worried about the lack of talent on hand to start it, let alone finish things.