Hector Noesi enters White Sox camp expected to win the fifth starter role, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Noesi enters White Sox camp expected to win the fifth starter role, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Analysis:

Noesi held onto a rotation spot for the rest of the 2014 season after the White Sox picked him up in late-April off waivers, but his job security was linked to the team's lack of starting pitching depth. That lack of depth is still there, with few other pitchers coming to camp eligible for that rotation spot. Carlos Rodon should get a look, but it appears the preference would be for him to pitch in the minors or bullpen to start the year. Noesi was only slightly below average in his 27 starts for the Sox last year, but his flyball tendencies will be perpetually dangerous in the home run friendly U.S. Cellular Field.