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White Sox Name Chris Getz General Manager

By Steve Adams | August 31, 2023 at 11:56pm CDT

The White Sox announced Thursday that assistant general manager Chris Getz has been promoted to the position of senior vice president and general manager. Chicago fired longtime baseball operations executives Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams last week.

Getz, who turned 40 yesterday, will join the likes of Rangers GM Chris Young, Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto, Phillies GM Sam Fuld and Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes among high-ranking baseball operations executives who also played at the Major League level. (Fuld and Gomes are second on their respective organizations’ baseball operations hierarchies. Young, Dipoto and now Getz are their teams’ top baseball operations decision-makers.)

A fourth-round pick of the White Sox back in 2005, Getz played in parts of seven Major League seasons between the White Sox, Royals and Blue Jays. In 459 big league games and 1574 plate appearances, he posted a .250/.309/.307 batting line and swiped 89 bases in 117 tries. Getz was the White Sox’ primary second baseman in 2009 before being traded to the Royals as part of a package to acquire infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen, and he served as Kansas City’s primary second baseman from 2010-11.

Getz announced his retirement as a player in May 2014, and spent the next two years as a baseball operations and player development assistant with the Royals. The White Sox hired him in October 2016 to take over as the team’s new director of player development — a role he held from 2017-20 before being promoted to his most recent title of assistant general manager. Throughout his time with the Sox, Getz has overseen day-to-day operation of the minor league system and the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic. He’s also contributed to player evaluation and contract negotiations.

“Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience within our organization to this role,” owner Jerry Reinsdorf said Thursday in a statement within the press release announcing Getz’s promotion. “Most importantly, he knows our players, both at the major league level and in our system, knows our staff and is familiar with all aspects of our baseball operations department. Chris has impressed me greatly over the past seven years. In our conversations together this season, I have become energized by his vision, approach and sense of what this organization needs to become competitive again. With his existing knowledge of the organization, top to bottom, I believe his leadership will provide us with the quickest path forward to our goal, a consistently successful baseball team that competes and plays the game the right way. He will re-energize this organization.”

Since the dismissal of Hahn and Williams, most reports out of Chicago have indicated that Reinsdorf was likely to go with an in-house hire — many tabbing Getz as the favorite. While Getz has clearly put in time with the organization and risen through the ranks since his playing days, it’s still a move that’s likely to be unpopular among Chicago fans, who were hoping for an outside hire to shake up what has been labeled by multiple former Sox players as a chaotic organizational culture. Reinsdorf, however, has a reputation as perhaps the most fiercely loyal owner in all of sports — which is what made the firing of Hahn and Williams so surprising. Even prior efforts to turn the organization around have included the return of old faces, such as the 2021 hiring of Tony La Russa as a second stint managing the team.

Getz now has nearly a decade of experience working in player development and baseball operations, and he’ll take the knowledge he’s accrued over that time and attempt to win over a fan base that has grown frustrated with the lack of results from the team’s lengthy rebuilding effort. The Sox tore things down back in 2016, trading names like Chris Sale, Jose Quintana, Adam Eaton, David Robertson and Todd Frazier and taking a hyper-aggressive approach to international free agency — which led to the signings of Jose Abreu and Luis Robert Jr.

The White Sox’ farm system was regarded as one of the best in the sport as prospects like Robert, Lucas Giolito, Michael Kopech, Eloy Jimenez, Yoan Moncada, Tim Anderson and others began to graduate to the Majors, and things looked to be on track when the Sox went 35-25 in the shortened 2020 season and then steamrolled the AL Central with a 93-69 showing in 2021 — winning the division by 13 games.

However, the Sox fell flat in 2022, and the 2023 season has been an unmitigated disaster. The Sox opened the season 7-19 with a -58 run differential through their first 26 games, and it looked as though their season was lost before the end of April. That’s proven to be the case, as the Sox never really recovered from that opening swoon and spent deadline season trading away the likes of Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Kendall Graveman, Lance Lynn, Jake Burger and Keynan Middleton in an attempt to restock the farm.

With Getz now at the helm, the broader questions will surround precisely what Reinsdorf meant when referencing the newly minted GM’s “vision, approach and sense of what this organization needs to become competitive again.” The Sox eschewed trades of controllable talents like Jimenez, Kopech, Robert, Dylan Cease and Andrew Vaughn. If the Sox opt for another aggressive rebuild, any combination of that group could be on the trade market this offseason. On the other hand, that’s a talented core to try to surround with talent, and Chicago has more than $100MM coming off the books this winter — in addition to some new players in the upper levels of the system following the deadline sell-off of shorter-term pieces.

Time will tell which direction the team chooses, but Getz faces an uphill battle both in restoring the White Sox to prominence and in winning over a fanbase that had been pining for broader-reaching changes.

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  1. SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

    2 years ago

    This is the worst day in White Sox history

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      2 years ago

      I’ll call that – 1919 World Series fix

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      • MLB Top 100 Commenter

        2 years ago

        Trading away Sammy Sosa and Fernando Tatis, Jr.

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        • avenger65

          2 years ago

          Manny: Sosa is a cheater, not only by playing with corked bats and scarfing down PEDs like they were M&M’s. Good riddance. Every team let’s players go that turn into stars, so I’m not too upset about Tatis.

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        • MLB Top 100 Commenter

          2 years ago

          Agree Sosa was a cheater but they should have got more than George Bell!

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        • Old York

          2 years ago

          @avenger65

          Plus, Tatis is a cheater too, so no big loss.

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        • Emilia

          2 years ago

          Sosa was going to be cut when he was traded. The Sox received what was available. Sosa was a total cancer. He refused to listen to any coaches or manager.

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        • Joe says...

          2 years ago

          I’m not going to say corking a bat isn’t cheating because it is. However, Mythbusters did an episode that showed there is no advantage to corking a bat. In fact it made it worse.

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        • Spotswood

          2 years ago

          “Sosa was a total cancer. He refused to listen to any coaches or manager”

          Amazing… Names change but the same problems exist after all these years.

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        • Spotswood

          2 years ago

          “Every team let’s players go that turn into stars, so I’m not too upset about Tatis.”

          Agreed… But maybe even worse was Semien, Chris Bassitt, both still playing at a high level & Josh Phegley (8 year career) for one bad year of Jeff Samardzija. At least the Sox got 3 really bad years of Shields for Tatis.

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        • roob

          2 years ago

          Sosa was nothing special before steroids.

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        • citizen

          2 years ago

          The sox needed an OF bat at the time. Then bell was benched the last week of the season and playoffs.
          Cant be worser than hawk herelson as GM, but anything this franchise does is.

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        • avenger65

          2 years ago

          Old York: At least Tatis served his suspension. I don’t recall being suspended. MLB wanted to be PC.

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        • avenger65

          2 years ago

          Spotswood: The addition of Phegley really put the Sox over the top. Bassitt is good and gutsy after taking a line drive to the face at Sox park. II don’t think anyone knew Semien would become the player he is. But again, every team has traded away players they wish they had now.

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        • tjg25

          2 years ago

          The Sox were in a win now mode and Bell had 2 pretty much historical seasons. Obviously in the long term the trade was better for the Cubs but Bell was great and likely added to Frank’s greatness those seasons as well.

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        • tjg25

          2 years ago

          Cheaters. I love those kinds of comments. My favorite player is pure as the driven snow. I know this.

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        • Jordan09

          2 years ago

          If you think Sosa was the problem you’re wrong. The players are introduced to cheating by the league to “spice” up the numbers. This Reason is why disney is killing sports

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      • Old York

        2 years ago

        @MannyBeingMVP

        What’s wrong with a World Series fix? Good ol’ supply & demand. Services were rendered for money.

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        • Lanidrac

          2 years ago

          Is that your claim when someone hires a hitman to murder your family?

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      • NYCityRiddler

        2 years ago

        I Getz you’re right. Ahahaha!

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    • roob

      2 years ago

      On to their next set of mistakes. I’m now officially a cubs fan

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      • Prunella Vulgaris

        2 years ago

        So am I. We still have something to watch.

        Looks as though we’ll stay Cubs fans due to this hire.

        If they move to another state the entire city will be Cuba fans.

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        • avenger65

          2 years ago

          I already am a fan of Cuba: Robert and Moncada.

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        • Prunella Vulgaris

          2 years ago

          Oops! Typo. Should have been Cubs, not Cuba.

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      • Emilia

        2 years ago

        Sounds like your next mistake.

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      • Prunella Vulgaris

        2 years ago

        Boycott the White Sox!

        Reinsdork doesn’t deserve your money.

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  2. vaderzim

    2 years ago

    He Getz a lot to fix in Chicago.

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    • Ully

      2 years ago

      Nicely done

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  3. mikecws91

    2 years ago

    Clown franchise. I’m done until Jerry’s gone.

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      milecws91: You described this team perfectly. They are the laughing stock of bb. Even worse than the A’s, I don’t care what their records are. At least the A’s try. I don’t know about their veterans, if there are any left, but I doubt they make as many mistakes on easy plays as the White Sox. They could hire anyone to be GM, president whatever. Until Reinsdorf starts opening his wallet, this team is going to be cannon fodder for the rest of bb. At this point, even Branch Rickey couldn’t turn this team around.

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    • roob

      2 years ago

      Yep. Jerry Reinsdorf has been giving the finger to Sox fans for the last 15 years. More than ever now.

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  4. manfraud

    2 years ago

    Hope he getz the job done

    But puns aside hopefully this brings a positive change. This organization has deserved better for a while

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  5. Joshy

    2 years ago

    Chris Getz a team with very little going for them. Hey, at least he getz a couple of once-promising hitters.

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  6. hyraxwithaflamethrower

    2 years ago

    Reinsdorf: “Chris, as Director of Scouting and Player Development, you turned those two facets into two of our biggest weaknesses. I gave you a nice promotion to reward you. And now, after being Assistant GM during perhaps the most disappointing White Sox season ever, or at least since I mucked up ’94, I think you’re just the man to lead the whole club.”

    Can not wait for a new owner.

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    • cr4

      2 years ago

      Farm system is in shambles and the owner decides hey let’s give the guy overseeing that a promotion craziness

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      • stymeedone

        2 years ago

        This makes absolutely no sense. Let’s bring in a rookie from one of the worst organizations in the League, who’s only experience is developing a poor minor league system with no ability to either recognize talent or develop it. Even better, IT’S A HIRING FROM WITHIN!!!!!
        The good news is that he will no longer be directly handling the farm.

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      • Cumquat

        2 years ago

        Farm system is not in shambles

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        • chicagobeersnob

          2 years ago

          It’s one of the worst in the league; the Sox while he was in charge did nothing to draft and develop talent.

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        • profhambone2

          2 years ago

          It is not very good. Couple of potentially great ballplayers and then the broken pitchers that were traded for.

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        • profhambone2

          2 years ago

          It is not in good condition either. The quality of the players coming out of it is poor. The training is inferior to almost everyone else. Getz was in charge of the Minors and they failed miserably to provide quality players to replace the stars when hurt. There was nothing. Crochett looks damaged beyond repair to his past self. He got 1/2 a season. Montgomery and Schultz will be the next to be wasted. There are few pitchers in our minors worth anything and those that are exciting seemed doomed to the IL.

          If the farm system under Getz is any example of what we may expect, then 100 loss seasons will be the common rather than the exception to the Getz plan……..And we will rarely get the #1 draft pick from the lottery.

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      hyrax: That’s what Sox fans – at least this one – have wanted since Reinsdorf destroyed the last rebuild, which was successful until he put gramps LaRussa in charge. That’s why owners shouldn’t get involved in personnel hiring. COME BACK, RICKY RENTERIA!!!!!

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      • Lanidrac

        2 years ago

        So then who else does the hiring after the Executive Vice President has been fired?

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  7. MoneyBallJustWorks

    2 years ago

    Nothing says we need to change the culture than hiring from within.

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    • The Natural

      2 years ago

      Confirms once again that Reinsdorf is the blind leading the blind, If ever a team needed to bring someone in from outside, it’s this iteration of the White Sox.

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      • avenger65

        2 years ago

        The Natural: The perfect person to hire to rebuild this sorry mess is Theo Epstein. He orchestrated WS victories for the Red Sox and, unfortunately, the cubs. But he left after 2016 because he knew the cubs were going into a rebuild and he said he doesn’t want to go through that again. Not that he, or anyone else with a strong reputation as GM, would want to work for Reinsdorf.

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  8. 30 Parks

    2 years ago

    Poor choice.

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      2 years ago

      Could have hired Cherington just for the Ben and Jerry’s jokes

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  9. In Seager/Hader We Trust > the 70 MM DH Ohtani

    2 years ago

    He Getz the job.

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      Oops! David Stearns.

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  10. Silver Boot Series Enjoyer

    2 years ago

    Head start on off-season. Just as Rangers did last year.

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    • profhambone2

      2 years ago

      But Reinsdorf will not pay the money out to get quality. He said so in the messy announcement that “Pretty Boy” Getz will sink the team to 100 losses next year.

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  11. cubfanforever

    2 years ago

    I don’t Getz it.

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    • LATrolleyDodger

      2 years ago

      And you got me laughing

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  12. thegreatgoodbye

    2 years ago

    So no one’s gonna report that AJ Pierzynski projected this the moment everyone was fired

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      thegreatgoodbye: I would LOVE for A. J. to run the Sox. He doesn’t make up excuses or let people off the hook. On one of his broadcast his partner was waffling, trying to phrase a question so it wouldn’t offend the manager they were talking to. While his partner was waffling, A J. just said it. And the manager answered it. He doesn’t worry about hurting feelings. He just gets the job done

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      • lesterdnightfly

        2 years ago

        AJ gets the job done? Ask the SF Giants pitching staff he was supposed to catch for. He wouldn’t even attend pitchers’ meetings.

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      • stymeedone

        2 years ago

        AJ is himself a cancer. As a player, he was one of the most disliked in the league. As a GM, it would be pretty difficult to make trades when no one wants to return your phone calls.

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  13. Banix12

    2 years ago

    Shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

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    • paule

      2 years ago

      In Halifax, Nova Scotia they have a maritime museum, with a lot of exhibits based on the Titanic. I saw an actual deck chair from the Titanic

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      • lesterdnightfly

        2 years ago

        Did it have a White Sox logo on it, with the appropriate Arrow Pointing Down?

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        • kma

          2 years ago

          Guaranteed Rate!

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    • bbcalmc

      2 years ago

      perfect ..lol shuffling the chairs on the Titanic

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  14. lesterdnightfly

    2 years ago

    But… but… Reinsdorf said they would hire “a single person in charge of all baseball operations”.

    But isn’t Chris Getz married?

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  15. SFBay314

    2 years ago

    At least they took their time and did some hard thinking about what put them in this place

    Oh wait they did the opposite and promoted the same thinking. What the hell!

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  16. CommitmentToExcellence

    2 years ago

    Same old crap, different day.

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  17. stymeedone

    2 years ago

    He needs someone in place to put waiver claims on Angels players!

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      Because Reinsdorf doesn’t know what he’s doing. All the times I went for a job I never heard, “Well, we’ve got 30 other people to interview but you’re hired!” That’s how it works, Jerry. Ya gotta interview people! There might have been better people out there, like John Stearns. Oh, that’s right. You’d have to pay him. My bad

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  18. Unclemike1525

    2 years ago

    A definite big step sideways, Same as always. Jesus could be GM and with the budget he’s going to get it’s pointless. No hopeless.

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    • tomsack

      2 years ago

      fan for over 35 years, I’m gone!!!

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      • Unclemike1525

        2 years ago

        I can’t believe after watching what happened to his boss that Getz would even take the job. it’s like being Ceasar’s second in command and watching him get stabbed in the back and going, Yeah that’s the job for me! Run Forrest Run!

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        • Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

          2 years ago

          Eh, he will have the job until a year after Jerry dies. Good money and no real expectations by either ownership or now by fans. We all expect that he’s going to stink.

          This also has LaRussa’s grubby little hands all over it. It smells of Jerry deciding that LaRussa was right about the team after all.

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        • kma

          2 years ago

          Getz knows he has the job for the rest of Reinsdorf’s life.

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        • roob

          2 years ago

          Who else would hire him? He’s only proven that he sucked at his previous job. The Sox will get no help from their farm in 2024.

          Everything about this franchise is a joke.

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        • roob

          2 years ago

          Jerry will give him 8-10 years to prove he can’t do the job.

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        • Lanidrac

          2 years ago

          But Augustus ruled for over 40 years

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      • Cumquat

        2 years ago

        bye

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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      Uncle Mike: Maybe Jesus would do all of us a favor and smite Reinsdorf.

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    • mlb fan

      2 years ago

      “With the budget”…I love the naive, simpleton view of baseball that suggests all you need to do is recklessly spend $$ and buy the most expensive players available to win. That really worked well this year for the Mets, Padres, Yankees and Angels, right?…The Chisox spend plenty of $$, they just spend it on the wrong players, year after year.

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    • johnrealtime

      2 years ago

      The sox have a 162 million dollar payroll this year. Budget isn’t the issue

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      • roob

        2 years ago

        Player development (or lack thereof) is the biggest issue. Coincidentally, the one gets is in charge of.

        The joke around baseball is that the Sox don’t do player dev.

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      • mohoney

        2 years ago

        The largest contract in franchise history is 5/$75 to Andrew Benintendi.

        Signing a bunch of 1/$8 relief pitchers every year doesn’t count as “spending money.”

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        • johnrealtime

          2 years ago

          It definitely counts as spending money.

          Whether it is wise spending is another matter

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    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      Reinsdorf sees this as a win in three ways: 1) He doesn’t have to train a new yes man. 2) instead of paying 2 executives he’s saving $$$ by just having one. 3) He doesn’t have to deal with the embarrassment of an outsider coming in and changing the culture thereby exposing all the negligence and complicity of upper management and ownership. This decision had nothing to do with winning or improving the organization.

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    • Lanidrac

      2 years ago

      I don’t know. Jesus just might resurrect the franchise.

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      • stymeedone

        2 years ago

        It’d take a miracle.

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  19. Fred K. Burke

    2 years ago

    Well, there we have it. Mr. Reinsdorf had his chance to lay out a long net across other successful organizations in the search. Maybe he did. It’s always possible he checked in with Tampa Bay, Milwaukee, Atlanta and either no one was interested or Mr. Reinsdorf didn’t think there was a good fit. But I really doubt that. Mr. Reinsdorf decided to take the easy and lazy approach to finding a leader for his baseball team. Looks to me like Getz had the job before Hahn and Williams were terminated.

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    • Dock_Elvis

      2 years ago

      Most teams in the thick of a pennant race (the teams that have front office talent you’d likely want to speak with) aren’t going to be inclined to be in mode to allow their staff to take interviews right now.

      Clearly, this was a missed chance to bring in someone fresh. No reason to name a GM right now. Just play out the string and do the hire right in the off-season.

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  20. sss847

    2 years ago

    jerry: we need a new GM

    everyone: David Stearns is available

    jerry “we have David Stearns at home”

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  21. BeeVeeTee

    2 years ago

    Can’t blame Getz for what happened the past two seasons with what went on in the front office with Williams to in the locker room with players like Anderson. Hopefully, Getz brings in AJ Pierzynski for some role to eventually take over as manager in the future.

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    • lesterdnightfly

      2 years ago

      A.J. as manager? Thanks for the laugh. But you forgot to add the sarcasm font.

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      • BeeVeeTee

        2 years ago

        Why is that funny? AJ Pierzynski has a lot of knowledge and definitely a lot more than you and anyone else that posts on here. Plus, former catchers make great managers.

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        • lesterdnightfly

          2 years ago

          AJ has a lot of knowledge, for sure. He’s the most intelligent guy around–just ask him.
          As to your logic about catchers, Stan Lopata, Clint Courtney, and Choo Choo Coleman should be in consideration for Sox manager.

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        • DanUgglasRing

          2 years ago

          Nobody here claimed to be a great manager and “catcher make great managers” isn’t exactly the caliber of analysis that makes a front office competent. If AJ has a spine and wants his own way, he’s not the guy they want.

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        • stymeedone

          2 years ago

          You mean well liked, former catchers make great managers, so that rules AJP out.

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        • profhambone2

          2 years ago

          Because Reinsdorf will not be able to stand his upright comments on the terrible minor league system of the Sox and the lack of a leader on the team.
          Grifol is not an inspiring manager. Nor does Katz seem to be an answer for the pitching (He is no Cooper that is for sure)……..

          Cease should be traded and Kopech as well. Empty the swamp that is a bullpen and look to lose 115 games because there is little to no talent on the team pitching staff. And Getz has prepared nothing in the minors to replace anyone. Montgomery is a year away at least unless you want to damage him like they did Crochet who may never be what he once was again. Noah Schultz will be rushed straight into TJ. And that guy they got who pretends to be a pitcher will be a 5.o and up ERA type.

          Getz=100 Losses/ Reinsdorf= Losing Cheapskate

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      • Spotswood

        2 years ago

        Someone needs to teach Tim Anderson how to fight.

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        • Prunella Vulgaris

          2 years ago

          Please don’t. I enjoy watching him get knocked down.

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    • Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

      2 years ago

      You can blame Getz for a lot of it. Namely, sending garbage player after garbage player to the big leagues to fill in. Chris Getz thought it was acceptable to have a 2023 AAA outfield of Steven Piscotty, Billy Hamilton, and Clint Frazier. For a AAA that has something like a -200 run differential.

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      • BeeVeeTee

        2 years ago

        Williams was running the show for awhile and good riddance to him. Williams’ tenure was ten years too long.

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  22. Super2

    2 years ago

    LMAO If ever there was an org that needed a breath of fresh air from outside it’s the Chi Sox, and good lord to they refuse to take it.

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  23. Braves Butt-Head

    2 years ago

    Getz to finish a rebuild

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  24. harrycarey

    2 years ago

    Chris – take us to the promised land of division titles and championships. This kid might be able to walk on water. We will see.

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  25. geotheo

    2 years ago

    Look at the bright side. At least he didn’t hire Hawk Harrelson. Unless the plan was to hire Getz all along this doesn’t make sense. He couldn’t have done such a great job in 10 days or so that Reinsdorf called off his job search and gave him the job. A head scratcher to be sure

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  26. suntv

    2 years ago

    the guy deserves a chnace

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    • Pads Fans

      2 years ago

      No he doesn’t. He is responsible for the complete lack of player development in the Sox organization. He deserved a pink slip.

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    • profhambone2

      2 years ago

      He had one as a failed head of the minor leagues for the White Sox. now he getz to work his magic on the big club. Ouch!!!

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  27. myaccount2

    2 years ago

    The White Sox and hiring internal candidates, a duo that will never die.

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    • Prunella Vulgaris

      2 years ago

      Hiring internal candidates will die when Reinsdork does.

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  28. Rsox

    2 years ago

    “I’m Leo Getz. Whatever you want, Leo gets. Get it?”

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  29. Melchez17

    2 years ago

    I thought for sure LaRussa was going to get it.

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  30. fisk72

    2 years ago

    He’s earned it with his stellar track record of drafting and developing top-notch talent in their minor league system.

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    • Pads Fans

      2 years ago

      You forgot the /S to let us know that was sarcasm.

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  31. Atlanta Jack

    2 years ago

    Sox fans need the commissioner of baseball to step in because Mr Reinsdorf is not capable of running a Major league team any longer.

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  32. Southside Fan

    2 years ago

    Why hire Getz without even looking at some successful teams? Why not look at the front offices of Tampa Bay or Cleveland or those that typically have strong farm systems? This was the perfect opportunity to get a fresh voice in the organization. Getz is part of the problem. He was in charge of player development and scouting. If he’s the guy, why is their farm system consistently one of the worst in MLB?. Getz thinks he was doing things right and it’ll continue that way. Jerry needs to sell the team. He has no idea how to run a successful team. Sox fans we are in for a long long next 20 years.

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    • keysox

      2 years ago

      Are you joking. Who wants to work for the White Sox.
      Jerry R is the GM. Not the puppet he hired.

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  33. oscar gamble

    2 years ago

    Now it’s all fixed!

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  34. keysox

    2 years ago

    See if he has the balls to fire Pedro.
    Oh, I forgot he’s just a Jerry yes man.
    Very poor hire

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    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      Getz has already stated that Grifol is safe and sound and won’t be fired until some time next year when he inevitably screws the pooch.

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  35. johnnynoitall

    2 years ago

    Lol
    Sorry organization

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  36. gotigers68

    2 years ago

    I’ve got nothing. The Tigers will suck for the next decade, as well…..

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    • The Human Toilet

      2 years ago

      Tigers actually have a really good one in Scott Harris, he just has to repair the damage Avila caused.

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      • stymeedone

        2 years ago

        Avila revamped the Tigers farm system to the point they were ranked either 3rd or 4th best, before they all graduated to the big league club. Considering Dombrowski left it empty, that was quite an accomplishment. The only “damage” that is left to “repair” is the last of his poor FA signings, Javier Baez. HARRIS, however, wasnt able to trade a starting pitcher, one of the hottest commodities at the deadline. Forgive me if I don’t hold my breath waiting for this “really good one” to do something that improves the team.

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    • roob

      2 years ago

      Tigers have a better future than the Sox. I’d rather be a Tigers fan.

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  37. msqboxer

    2 years ago

    When your organization is in shambles…it’s time to change the culture by hiring someone with experience from a organization that is successful.

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  38. martras

    2 years ago

    Nepotism from a franchise with 2 playoff series’ in the past 15 years, ROFL. Glad I don’t have to worry about them becoming good.

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    • stymeedone

      2 years ago

      I wasn’t aware Gets was related.

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      • martras

        2 years ago

        Getz has been the White Sox’s assistant GM since 2021.

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  39. denny816

    2 years ago

    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!

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  40. pincrusher

    2 years ago

    Even if this hire turns out well, everything about this “search” was terrible. Fire Hahn and Williams, just to replace them from within.

    It is obvious that Reinsdorf and company are playing the cheap way out. At minimum, there should have been a lengthy search… not like Getz was going to get scooped up by another club if this hire was announced in 2 months.

    Sadly, as a Sox fan, I am not surprised in the slightest by this move. I hope to be wrong and that Getz excels in the role, but there is no indication to say otherwise.

    Poor leadership from the top all the way down.

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  41. rememberthecoop

    2 years ago

    It’s fairly evident that this guy had been in Jerry’s ear lobbying for the job, quite possibly while Hahn & Williams were still in their positions. Other than being a sort of “snitch”, if you will, what has he done to earn this promotion?

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  42. cubfanforever

    2 years ago

    So Reinsdorf make hire, new GM Chris Getz.
    Thinking from Sox fans, there wouldn’t be frets.
    I think in the future, we’ll see lots of bets,
    that the tenure will be short for GM Chris Getz.

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    • pincrusher

      2 years ago

      I like the poem, but it is doubtful that the tenure will be short for Getz. Williams was around for over 20 years, and Hahn about just as long with a whole lot of mediocrity during that era. Maybe it was the World Series win in 2005 that allowed the two of them to stick around and continue to get promoted.

      Look at Reindorf’s history with Bulls and Sox…he keeps his GM’s and above for well past their due date. If anything bet the over on how long Getz remains in the GM/Sr VP role. It is in the DNA of Reinsdorf’s tenure to keep management in their position too long.

      Now all bets are off if there is an ownership change. My bet is Getz gets removed once there is new ownership group (it is anyone’s guess when that will be).

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  43. Kenneth Powers

    2 years ago

    They need to bring Tony LaRussa back to manage and then all will be well. LOL

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  44. whyhayzee

    2 years ago

    Hire a Jobim as the manager and the team with have a new beat.

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  45. bmann300

    2 years ago

    Out with the Old-Williams and Hahn- in with the Old- La Russa and Getz. This was an in depth search for a GM per Reinsdorf???? Still being cheap as always! This organization is full of clowns too to bottom!!

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  46. retsubllab

    2 years ago

    Was Joe Pesci not available?

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    • tomsack

      2 years ago

      season ticket holder for over 15 years, no more…

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  47. SupremeZeus

    2 years ago

    DFA Chris Getz and Jeremy Haber

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  48. CityofChampions

    2 years ago

    Out with the old and in with the unsuccessful minor league coordinator!

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  49. atlas bunts

    2 years ago

    I’m done w/ the Sox-

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  50. MadSkillsUniversity

    2 years ago

    This is the Same of crap! Jerry DOES NOT want to win and his teams are just rich boy toys so he has something to do. It was not the players, it’s everything else. Jerry will never sell the team, which is another L for us. We just keeping on losing!!!!! I am taking a hiatus from this stressful stupidity. LOL. SMH

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  51. Atlanta Jack

    2 years ago

    How do we find out exactly what Chris can do before he has to get permission from the chairman.

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  52. acoss13

    2 years ago

    The worst possible hiring Jerry could make, but we all saw this a mile away. The only hope is for a new owner, Getz will just be a Yes-man for Jerry.

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  53. SCOTTG3

    2 years ago

    Terrible!
    Has overseen a minor league system that has consistently under achieved and has hardly developed anyone average into good or good into great.
    He got this gig because he’s a nice guy and Reinsdorf knows him.
    Nothing in the either scouting or development warrants this position.
    Our drafts have been crap and those players never rise up to grab big league jobs unless they were 1st Rd’s and thus are given starting positions whether earned or not.
    Just as Reinsdorf’s great search for a manager went nowhere in 2020 only to end with Jerry ordering Hahn to accept LaRussa, here we are again. And instead of using some time to consider a Dombrowski or Madden he settles for the cheap & safe in house choice.
    Til God fires Jerry himself the WSox are doomed to be irrelevant.

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  54. elcondorworldchamp

    2 years ago

    All Chris Getz has to say to you naysayers is, “I’m a man! I’m 40!”

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  55. Ogie Oglethorpe

    2 years ago

    Dumpster Divin’ Chrissy!

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  56. IronBallsMcGinty

    2 years ago

    I have no confidence in this promotion of Getz but a change was needed and he’s the guy now. I’ll do my best to be patient and see what he does with this opportunity but optimism is certainly at an all time low.

    I was actually intrigued by Chuck Garfien’s suggestion of Dan Duquette.

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  57. nrd1138

    2 years ago

    Second verse, same as the first….So, JR goes bottom dollar again for GM.. So, we will likely see Getz foul it up (unless he forgets everything that Hahn and Williams.. ahem.. ‘taught’ him), and then JR’s ego will refuse to fire him, causing the org to really tank… All this while the ‘Chairman’ is looking for bucks for a new home or threatening to leave (I mean Nashville may be desperate for a team, but should not be that desperate) or a buyer.. yeah, drive your team off a cliff, THAT will make it valuable. I cannot believe that the White Sox ownership group knows about baseball, if they did Reinsdorf would have been removed as chairman a long time ago.

    Sad that a team with such potential could not escape the guy shaking it upside down for every dime it makes.

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  58. Luke Strong

    2 years ago

    I couldn’t believe this when I first read it… a billion dollar corporation hires a former ballplayer with a couple years in the organization to become GM?!? An absolutely foolish move. It’s a role for a mathematician or statistician who is a whip with metrics. You don’t need to know anything about scouting, scouting is almost entirely nonsense, it’s boomer mentality. I’d say this is one of the dumbest and worst executive moves I’ve ever heard of.

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    • Augusto Barojas

      2 years ago

      Any functioning adult with a high school diploma who has taken a couple statistics classes, and won his fantasy baseball league a couple times would have been a better choice.

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  59. Bobby "Thigpen" McKernan

    2 years ago

    Hated Reindork since “83 when the Sox won the division and all he got to say was to slam Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall. Lotsa class

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  60. SportsFan0000

    2 years ago

    Sounds like what William Clay Ford said when he hired Matt Millen to run the Lions LMFAO!

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    • Cachhubguy

      2 years ago

      They finally got the 2B they needed.

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  61. bigun

    2 years ago

    Royals fan here. We feel your pain, what with the long overdue termination of Dayton Moore and his replacement being his 2nd in command with JJ Piccolo.

    Empathy.

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  62. DodgerOK

    2 years ago

    This guy was trained up by the two guys who were fired. Probably get more of the same.

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  63. nrd1138

    2 years ago

    Listening to Getz yesterday in the booth just makes me gag.. I mean anyone that says they are keeping a manager who admitted to not doing his job (when Grifol responded to Middleton’s comments talking about how 2/3’s into the season Grifol THEN realized the lack of leadership and was ‘going to do something about that’) should themselves be fired. Im sure Getz is a good person, but this is a guy who has done nothing, other than knowing Jerry by his first name, to get the job. I guess time will tell but knowing the org over 30 years Im not optimistic.

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    • SportsFan0000

      2 years ago

      They other teams in the AL Central will send Jerry a bottle of Scotch and a card for this one. Sox will enter another 10 year re build now.

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