Lip Man 1 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/1/19/24044187/white-sox-announce-player-development-staff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I tried looking up some bios. The MLB Sox site still seems to have some old names, and no bios for front office personnel. I was interested in the head of HR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Jim at SoxMachine has a breakdown of some hiring trends, and stuff... https://soxmachine.com/2024/01/white-sox-2024-player-development-staff/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Also this guy. Im told Leury’s batting cage work was good enough that we will see him hitting third. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Does this mean KW Jr is officially gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 50 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Does this mean KW Jr is officially gone? One can only hope! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: Does this mean KW Jr is officially gone? He's still on the Sox site. Maybe he has an Oedipal hatred for his father and his ways. Wants to sleep with a stats-oriented approach. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Every time I see Tony LaRussa's name mentioned in conjunction with the WS I get an upset stomach. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 8 hours ago, WestEddy said: He's still on the Sox site. Maybe he has an Oedipal hatred for his father and his ways. Wants to sleep with a stats-oriented approach. I remember when he was a player in the low minors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 "What's player development?" 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harold's Leg Lift Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I wonder why Getz didn't make all these changes while he was "running" the development department. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) 4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: "In addition to Larkin taking over at the top, Chris Slivka is replacing Matt Grabowski as the top assistant. Slivka joined the D-backs in 2016 out of college, working his way up the department as a pro scout (2019-2021) then a personnel analyst (2022-2023). The rest of the front office staff from the 2023 season was retained." Not exactly a promotion...more like he got fired and now landed on his feet again. https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/news/diamondbacks-announce-2024-player-development-staff Edited January 23 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: "In addition to Larkin taking over at the top, Chris Slivka is replacing Matt Grabowski as the top assistant. Slivka joined the D-backs in 2016 out of college, working his way up the department as a pro scout (2019-2021) then a personnel analyst (2022-2023). The rest of the front office staff from the 2023 season was retained." Not exactly a promotion...more like he got fired and now landed on his feet again. https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/news/diamondbacks-announce-2024-player-development-staff Who got fired? Grabowski? I believe he was out of contract and is buddies with Barfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 minute ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Who got fired? Grabowski? I believe he was out of contract and is buddies with Barfield Okay, then did not renew his contract and replaced him with someone else...the spin would have been he was better off in Chicago forming a "power center" along with Barfield, in the same way that Haber and Hahn were always tied together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 52 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Okay, then did not renew his contract and replaced him with someone else...the spin would have been he was better off in Chicago forming a "power center" along with Barfield, in the same way that Haber and Hahn were always tied together... I’m not giving you any spin. Hes pretty highly regarded and wanted to follow Barfield. No conspiracy here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 18 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: I wonder why Getz didn't make all these changes while he was "running" the development department. Are you asking why Getz didn't hire a director of Player Development when he was Director of Player Development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 6 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Are you asking why Getz didn't hire a director of Player Development when he was Director of Player Development? No, that's not what I'm asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 11 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: No, that's not what I'm asking. Maybe Getz should have tried harder to push for change rather than simply falling in line with the rest of JR’s loyal servants just to keep his cushy gig? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 6 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Maybe Getz should have tried harder to push for change Maybe he did. Maybe that looked like plunking his ass down in Jerry's office guest chair, telling him the problems he's been running into trying to upgrade development, and he came out of it with a GM job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 4 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Maybe he did. Maybe that looked like plunking his ass down in Jerry's office guest chair, telling him the problems he's been running into trying to upgrade development, and he came out of it with a GM job. And that's why they immediately started talking about how they were going to "Win soon". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 5 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: And that's why they immediately started talking about how they were going to "Win soon". Considering they haven't "won" in 18 years, 5 is "soon" by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 21 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Considering they haven't "won" in 18 years, 5 is "soon" by comparison. If you listened to JR’s press conference announcing the promotion of Getz to GM, there is no doubt that he was talking about the Sox being competitive in 2024, not in 5 years. 5 years would be a full rebuild and JR wanted nothing to do with that, per his comments that he may not be around that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 10 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: If you listened to JR’s press conference announcing the promotion of Getz to GM, there is no doubt that he was talking about the Sox being competitive in 2024, not in 5 years. I didn't listen to it. I don't really care what he said compared to the reality of the situation. If they start making a bunch of "KW always gets his man" type signings next year, or whatnot, to pick up another 5 wins to "compete", then it'll be longer, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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