Will anyone fall on the sword for another awful year?

[Buehrle>Wood]

I'd define it as someone on the coaching staff or a major front office position, but feel free to define it as you wish as any non-player role. 

[SoxAce]

With Reinsdorf at the helm? Extremely unlikely. 

[Chicago White Sox]

Was this really an awful year?  Moncada, Timmy, & Giolito will combine for ~15 WAR.  Eloy showed signed of becoming a dominant hitter.  Bummer established himself a legit, left-handed setup man.  Cease got 70+ major league innings.  McCann looks like he can part of the catching mix going forward.

Honestly, outside of all the injuries and Lopez regressing, there isn’t much to be that disappointed about this year.  Who really cares if our record sucked because of a bunch of guys who won’t be back next year?  The young core more or less took the necessary steps forward and that’s all that matters.

[SoxBlanco]

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Was this really an awful year?  Moncada, Timmy, & Giolito will combine for ~15 WAR.  Eloy showed signed of becoming a dominant hitter.  Bummer established himself a legit, left-handed setup man.  Cease got 70+ major league innings.  McCann looks like he can part of the catching mix going forward.

Honestly, outside of all the injuries and Lopez regressing, there isn’t much to be that disappointed about this year.  Who really cares if our record sucked because of a bunch of guys who won’t be back next year?  The young core more or less took the necessary steps forward and that’s all that matters.

This. Why would somebody fall on the sword for a shitty record in a rebuilding year when many core pieces played well?

[Moan4Yoan]

Haha, no one falls on any sword with this organization.  No other team would have Ricky managing next year with the same circumstances as this year but guess what

Ricky will be managing the White Sox next year.

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Edited September 27, 2019 by Moan4Yoan

[greg775]

No one will fall on sword. Team is winking its way to the bank. Making zillions of dollars. Crowds are still decent. The money is flowing. Jerry already got his one WS title which was magical. Sure he'd love for another, but my feeling is with all the Bulls titles and his one baseball title ... accumulation of $$$ is most important to him right now as he takes care of many generations of family before he moves on.

[Jerksticks]

I don’t demand punishment and accountability.  It’s baseball.  I’m glad the arrow is pointing up- we should be good for quite a while.  Excitement is the only emotion I have when I think of White Sox baseball right now. 

[poppysox]

Great year by the players we care about.  The FO is probably very satisfied with how the rebuild is progressing.

[Chicago White Sox]

6 hours ago, greg775 said:

No one will fall on sword. Team is winking its way to the bank. Making zillions of dollars. Crowds are still decent. The money is flowing. Jerry already got his one WS title which was magical. Sure he'd love for another, but my feeling is with all the Bulls titles and his one baseball title ... accumulation of $$$ is most important to him right now as he takes care of many generations of family before he moves on.

 

[hogan873]

It hasn't been an awful year considering what the expectations were.  There were some injuries, Lopez regressed, and the Jon Jay/Alonso experiment failed miserably.  The Alonso fiasco was dealt with surprisingly quickly, and Jay was a non-factor.  There were, however, quite a few individual bright spots: Moncada, Anderson, Abreu, McCann, Giolito, Eloy, Bummer.  Cease got some much needed MLB experience and has shown growth.

I don't care much about the record when the pieces for the future are shining.  Next year, however, I'll be expecting a much better team.

[Bob Sacamano]

10 hours ago, SoxBlanco said:

This. Why would somebody fall on the sword for a shitty record in a rebuilding year when many core pieces played well?

Agreed 100%.

[raBBit]

10 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Was this really an awful year?  Moncada, Timmy, & Giolito will combine for ~15 WAR.  Eloy showed signed of becoming a dominant hitter.  Bummer established himself a legit, left-handed setup man.  Cease got 70+ major league innings.  McCann looks like he can part of the catching mix going forward.

Honestly, outside of all the injuries and Lopez regressing, there isn’t much to be that disappointed about this year.  Who really cares if our record sucked because of a bunch of guys who won’t be back next year?  The young core more or less took the necessary steps forward and that’s all that matters.

Yeah this. They had an awful offseason 2018-2019 but the 2019 year went pretty well all things considered. They weren't trying to win.

[ChiSox59]

10 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Was this really an awful year?  Moncada, Timmy, & Giolito will combine for ~15 WAR.  Eloy showed signed of becoming a dominant hitter.  Bummer established himself a legit, left-handed setup man.  Cease got 70+ major league innings.  McCann looks like he can part of the catching mix going forward.

Honestly, outside of all the injuries and Lopez regressing, there isn’t much to be that disappointed about this year.  Who really cares if our record sucked because of a bunch of guys who won’t be back next year?  The young core more or less took the necessary steps forward and that’s all that matters.

Nice post.

Though I still would love to see the Sox replace Ricky.  Mainly because I just hate his in game managing decisions and lineup construction. But I know he'll be back.  

[bmags]

By fall on the sword you mean get promoted to special assistant to the GM right

[bschmaranz]

Is this real life?

[chitownsportsfan]

1 hour ago, bmags said:

By fall on the sword you mean get promoted to special assistant to the GM right

Ricky Renteria come on up to the C-Suite!

[Harry Chappas]

Giolito saves Cooper 

 

Anderson and Moncado the rest of them

 

 

[Boopa1219]

I don’t expect Severson or Sparks to be back with the ML team. 

[mqr]

34 minutes ago, Joshua Strong said:

I don’t expect Severson or Sparks to be back with the ML team. 

Hahn's comments seem to indicate that

[Boopa1219]

55 minutes ago, mqr said:

Hahn's comments seem to indicate that

Based on the improvements that Anderson and Moncada made, maybe there’s still a place in the org for them. 

[SoxAce]

If anything, Cooper deserves to go before Steverson.

[Buehrle>Wood]

On 9/27/2019 at 7:43 AM, Tony said:

You’re talking about the Cubs, right?

The Cubs seem to hold someone accountable every year if need be. They certainly will this year. Whether they hire the right replacement seems to be another question. 

[ChiSox1917]

How exactly was this a terrible year?  The team is going to finish with winning 2-3 games more than what was expected and about 10 games better than last year

[Chicago White Sox]

On 9/27/2019 at 9:41 AM, ChiSox59 said:

Nice post.

Though I still would love to see the Sox replace Ricky.  Mainly because I just hate his in game managing decisions and lineup construction. But I know he'll be back.  

Oh I fully agree, but Ricky should be fired for the reasons you stated, not because a bunch of shitty players sucked.

[black jack]

Someone with more time than me can do the math, but if we eliminate that awful start after the break they might be hovering around .500.