Chris Getz named General Manager of the White Sox
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CHICAGO — Chris Getz has been named the new White Sox general manager, and a press conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Price Field.
Getz is expected to be the sole and final voice at the helm of the White Sox baseball department, replacing executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn, who were relieved of their responsibilities on Aug. 22.
“Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience within our organization to this role,” White Sox President Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. “Most importantly, he knows our players, both at the major league level and in our system, he knows our staff and he’s familiar with all aspects of our baseball operations department.
“Chris has impressed me tremendously over the past seven years. In our conversations together this season I have gained energy with his vision, approach and sense of what this organization needs to be competitive again. With his current knowledge of the organisation, top to bottom, I believe his leadership will provide us with “The fastest way forward is our goal, a consistently successful baseball team that competes and plays the game the right way. It will reinvigorate this organization.”
This change comes on the heels of two very difficult seasons for the White Sox, who finished the 2022 season at 81-81 and are on the brink of official elimination from the playoffs during coach Pedro Grifoll’s first year at the helm.
The disappointing campaigns were supposed to be a continuation of their competitive window after rebuilding, after making their first back-to-back playoff appearance in franchise history as a Wild Card in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, then winning the division in ’21.
The White Sox hired Getz away from the Royals in October 2016 as Director of Player Development in a highly praised move around baseball. He was promoted to assistant general manager in January 2021 and has been part of the hiring process for Grifol, who he played and worked with in Kansas City.
“I am honored and humbled to be given this leadership responsibility,” Getz said. “I understand what this team means to the White Sox fans, and I am excited to start working today and for the remainder of this season. There is a huge amount of talent within this club and within this ballpark, and we are going to start hard doing the work and laying the foundation for an organization and a team that we are all proud of, from the staff to the The players, for our fans.”
The club has struggled this year with fundamentals and their defensive performance has been generally subpar. There have also been issues with the club’s chemistry, but not all problems fall on Grifoll, who is expected to return for a second season.
Selected in the fourth round of the 2005 draft by the University of Michigan, Getz was the White Sox’ second baseman in 2009 and passed 25 bases to hit a . 261 average. He retired after the 2014 season with the Blue Jays.
Getz, who is married with three children, turned 40 on Wednesday. He has a great deal of work ahead of him and difficult decisions to make in trying to rebuild and rebuild. The White Sox farm system was ranked 26th by MLB Pipeline entering the season but rose to 20th in the mid-season rerank with the emergence of shortstop Colson Montgomery and left-handed starter Noah Schultz, along with the acquisition of another top left fielder. The starters were handed out to Jake Eder and catcher Edgar Quero at the trade deadline.
