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Fungo Squiggly
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And leading the league in all of those. I saw it referred to as the “triple frown” a week or two ago.
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He'll get it fixed once he's a Dodger.And leading the league in all of those. I saw it referred to as the “triple frown” a week or two ago.
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Is Jerry Reinsdorf a worse owner than Bob Castellini?
www.cbssports.com
Once the dust settles on the 2024 season, Major League Baseball will officially have a new and undisputed worst team ever: the 2024 Chicago White Sox.
It's such an incredible effort in futility that it cannot possibly be the new norm for awful teams. It's too terrible. For example, both the Twins and Royals went 12-1 against the White Sox this season, dramatically helping buoy their postseason odds. The White Sox are so bad that they are affecting the playoff race in relatively extreme fashion.
The worst part is that, unlike some of the atrocities we've seen in recent seasons from teams like the Orioles and Tigers, the White Sox weren't actually trying to tank. Unlike the 1962 Mets, holders of the most losses in an MLB season for another few days, the White Sox aren't an expansion team that was put in terrible position by the league.
No, they are just this freaking bad.
We could point to myriad reasons for this, but let's just keep it simple and point one finger where it belongs: Directly at owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
The problems with Reinsdorf are all over the place. It's a potpourri of malpractice mixed with incompetence in MLB team ownership. He's cheap, he's far too "hands on" in baseball operations and he believes he's entitled to have everyone who cares about the White Sox bow down to him. Almost everything wrong with the White Sox has a direct line back to the owner's box.
And yet, they are one of two teams in baseball to have never signed a player to a nine-figure deal. They haven't even come close. Andrew Benintendi's five-year, $75 million pact is the largest in franchise history. Only the A's haven't gone higher than that. The Pirates went to exactly $100 million with Bryan Reynolds and we've already dealt with the cheapness of their owner.
The Marlins have surpassed $300 million. The Royals have Bobby Witt Jr. on a contract that approaches $300 million. The Brewers have done monster deals with Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich. The Reds went well over $200 million to keep Joey Votto.
In a sport without a salary cap, discussions like this shouldn't even be happening. They definitely shouldn't be happening around a franchise with as many resources as this one.
Things won't be changing any time soon, either, as the White Sox aren't "gonna be working heavy in free agency" this coming winter, according to GM Chris Getz. It's probably something that didn't even need to be said. They never work heavy in free agency.
And it isn't just that. They have long had one of the smallest analytics departments in baseball (it was the smallest in 2018, for example). Their international scouting operation isn't up to snuff. A few weeks ago, their front office discussed expanding their footprint:
"We are in the process of improving our academy down in the Dominican Republic," Getz said recently (via MLB.com). "We've put a lot of work and research into locations and we plan on focusing there even more in the coming months to find a facility that's going to be advantageous for us.
We could keep going, but the bottom line here is it all comes back to the almighty dollar and Reinsdorf's unwillingness to spend at levels that other, relevant franchises do.
"I am so sick and tired of reading that bringing Tony La Russa back was a mistake," Reinsdorf said in 2023. "Tony La Russa came back in 2021, and does anybody know what we did in 2021? Does anybody remember we won 93 games? We won the division by 13 games. Was that a mistake to bring Tony La Russa back?"
The move to La Russa was absolutely not, in and of itself, why the White Sox have fallen to their current depths. It is, however, an example of Reinsdorf butting in and doing whatever he feels like instead of deferring to his actual baseball people hired to run baseball operations.
And when he fired his front office leadership last season, who did he promote? Getz. He might well prove to be a good executive in time, but he's relatively young and inexperienced for the job. His trade-deadline moves (and non-moves) this season were those of an exec in over his head.
Plus, if the previous front office was so bad that it needed to be fired, why was the assistant general manager -- Getz -- promoted to the top job?
Again, this is a team in the third-largest market in the league. A top-level, up-and-coming executive could have been hired to rebuild the on-field product. Instead, Reinsdorf promoted from within. Why?
The answer is pretty easy. Reinsdorf wanted Getz in the seat.
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Snyder's Soapbox: Record-breaking White Sox should be more embarrassing for owner Jerry Reinsdorf than players
The players are about to break MLB's single-season losing record, but the root cause is deeper than them
www.cbssports.com
Snyder's Soapbox: Record-breaking White Sox should be more embarrassing for owner Jerry Reinsdorf than players
The players are about to break MLB's single-season losing record, but the root cause is deeper than them
Once the dust settles on the 2024 season, Major League Baseball will officially have a new and undisputed worst team ever: the 2024 Chicago White Sox.
It's such an incredible effort in futility that it cannot possibly be the new norm for awful teams. It's too terrible. For example, both the Twins and Royals went 12-1 against the White Sox this season, dramatically helping buoy their postseason odds. The White Sox are so bad that they are affecting the playoff race in relatively extreme fashion.
The worst part is that, unlike some of the atrocities we've seen in recent seasons from teams like the Orioles and Tigers, the White Sox weren't actually trying to tank. Unlike the 1962 Mets, holders of the most losses in an MLB season for another few days, the White Sox aren't an expansion team that was put in terrible position by the league.
No, they are just this freaking bad.
We could point to myriad reasons for this, but let's just keep it simple and point one finger where it belongs: Directly at owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
The problems with Reinsdorf are all over the place. It's a potpourri of malpractice mixed with incompetence in MLB team ownership. He's cheap, he's far too "hands on" in baseball operations and he believes he's entitled to have everyone who cares about the White Sox bow down to him. Almost everything wrong with the White Sox has a direct line back to the owner's box.
Spending
This might be the most embarrassing aspect of the situation. The White Sox play in Chicago, a mega-market. It is the third-largest market in MLB. Sure, it's split with the Cubs, but ask yourself how much you've seen the Mets or Angels spend over the years. There's no reason the White Sox couldn't operate on a similar scale.And yet, they are one of two teams in baseball to have never signed a player to a nine-figure deal. They haven't even come close. Andrew Benintendi's five-year, $75 million pact is the largest in franchise history. Only the A's haven't gone higher than that. The Pirates went to exactly $100 million with Bryan Reynolds and we've already dealt with the cheapness of their owner.
The Marlins have surpassed $300 million. The Royals have Bobby Witt Jr. on a contract that approaches $300 million. The Brewers have done monster deals with Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich. The Reds went well over $200 million to keep Joey Votto.
In a sport without a salary cap, discussions like this shouldn't even be happening. They definitely shouldn't be happening around a franchise with as many resources as this one.
Things won't be changing any time soon, either, as the White Sox aren't "gonna be working heavy in free agency" this coming winter, according to GM Chris Getz. It's probably something that didn't even need to be said. They never work heavy in free agency.
And it isn't just that. They have long had one of the smallest analytics departments in baseball (it was the smallest in 2018, for example). Their international scouting operation isn't up to snuff. A few weeks ago, their front office discussed expanding their footprint:
"We are in the process of improving our academy down in the Dominican Republic," Getz said recently (via MLB.com). "We've put a lot of work and research into locations and we plan on focusing there even more in the coming months to find a facility that's going to be advantageous for us.
We could keep going, but the bottom line here is it all comes back to the almighty dollar and Reinsdorf's unwillingness to spend at levels that other, relevant franchises do.
Meddling
After the 2020 season, the White Sox looked like an up-and-coming team. They were 35-25 in the shortened season and had a decent foundation of young talent. Manager Rick Renteria was fired and replaced with 76-year-old Tony La Russa, who already had three World Series rings on his mantle and had managed the team between 1979 and 1986. The White Sox won the AL Central in 2021, but things started to fall apart in 2022 and La Russa didn't even finish the season."I am so sick and tired of reading that bringing Tony La Russa back was a mistake," Reinsdorf said in 2023. "Tony La Russa came back in 2021, and does anybody know what we did in 2021? Does anybody remember we won 93 games? We won the division by 13 games. Was that a mistake to bring Tony La Russa back?"
The move to La Russa was absolutely not, in and of itself, why the White Sox have fallen to their current depths. It is, however, an example of Reinsdorf butting in and doing whatever he feels like instead of deferring to his actual baseball people hired to run baseball operations.
And when he fired his front office leadership last season, who did he promote? Getz. He might well prove to be a good executive in time, but he's relatively young and inexperienced for the job. His trade-deadline moves (and non-moves) this season were those of an exec in over his head.
Plus, if the previous front office was so bad that it needed to be fired, why was the assistant general manager -- Getz -- promoted to the top job?
Again, this is a team in the third-largest market in the league. A top-level, up-and-coming executive could have been hired to rebuild the on-field product. Instead, Reinsdorf promoted from within. Why?
The answer is pretty easy. Reinsdorf wanted Getz in the seat.
The ego and entitlement
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Check this out. Milwaukee clinched the NL Central today with the Cubs loss.
They have now made the playoffs 6 of the last 7 years
Reds have made playoffs 6 times in the last 44 years.
They have now made the playoffs 6 of the last 7 years
Reds have made playoffs 6 times in the last 44 years.
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Fungo Squiggly
Mortal enemy of all things Bucky
Yahoo Pickem Champ
Former Game Champion
'18 BPCFFB II Champ
'18 Keeper League Champ
Jesus. I don’t even know whether to laugh or cry. This organization is a joke.
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Once a Black Sox...Is Jerry Reinsdorf a worse owner than Bob Castellini?
Snyder's Soapbox: Record-breaking White Sox should be more embarrassing for owner Jerry Reinsdorf than players
The players are about to break MLB's single-season losing record, but the root cause is deeper than themSnyder's Soapbox: Record-breaking White Sox should be more embarrassing for owner Jerry Reinsdorf than players
The players are about to break MLB's single-season losing record, but the root cause is deeper than them
Once the dust settles on the 2024 season, Major League Baseball will officially have a new and undisputed worst team ever: the 2024 Chicago White Sox.
It's such an incredible effort in futility that it cannot possibly be the new norm for awful teams. It's too terrible. For example, both the Twins and Royals went 12-1 against the White Sox this season, dramatically helping buoy their postseason odds. The White Sox are so bad that they are affecting the playoff race in relatively extreme fashion.
The worst part is that, unlike some of the atrocities we've seen in recent seasons from teams like the Orioles and Tigers, the White Sox weren't actually trying to tank. Unlike the 1962 Mets, holders of the most losses in an MLB season for another few days, the White Sox aren't an expansion team that was put in terrible position by the league.
No, they are just this freaking bad.
We could point to myriad reasons for this, but let's just keep it simple and point one finger where it belongs: Directly at owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
The problems with Reinsdorf are all over the place. It's a potpourri of malpractice mixed with incompetence in MLB team ownership. He's cheap, he's far too "hands on" in baseball operations and he believes he's entitled to have everyone who cares about the White Sox bow down to him. Almost everything wrong with the White Sox has a direct line back to the owner's box.
Spending
This might be the most embarrassing aspect of the situation. The White Sox play in Chicago, a mega-market. It is the third-largest market in MLB. Sure, it's split with the Cubs, but ask yourself how much you've seen the Mets or Angels spend over the years. There's no reason the White Sox couldn't operate on a similar scale.
And yet, they are one of two teams in baseball to have never signed a player to a nine-figure deal. They haven't even come close. Andrew Benintendi's five-year, $75 million pact is the largest in franchise history. Only the A's haven't gone higher than that. The Pirates went to exactly $100 million with Bryan Reynolds and we've already dealt with the cheapness of their owner.
The Marlins have surpassed $300 million. The Royals have Bobby Witt Jr. on a contract that approaches $300 million. The Brewers have done monster deals with Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich. The Reds went well over $200 million to keep Joey Votto.
In a sport without a salary cap, discussions like this shouldn't even be happening. They definitely shouldn't be happening around a franchise with as many resources as this one.
Things won't be changing any time soon, either, as the White Sox aren't "gonna be working heavy in free agency" this coming winter, according to GM Chris Getz. It's probably something that didn't even need to be said. They never work heavy in free agency.
And it isn't just that. They have long had one of the smallest analytics departments in baseball (it was the smallest in 2018, for example). Their international scouting operation isn't up to snuff. A few weeks ago, their front office discussed expanding their footprint:
"We are in the process of improving our academy down in the Dominican Republic," Getz said recently (via MLB.com). "We've put a lot of work and research into locations and we plan on focusing there even more in the coming months to find a facility that's going to be advantageous for us.
We could keep going, but the bottom line here is it all comes back to the almighty dollar and Reinsdorf's unwillingness to spend at levels that other, relevant franchises do.
Meddling
After the 2020 season, the White Sox looked like an up-and-coming team. They were 35-25 in the shortened season and had a decent foundation of young talent. Manager Rick Renteria was fired and replaced with 76-year-old Tony La Russa, who already had three World Series rings on his mantle and had managed the team between 1979 and 1986. The White Sox won the AL Central in 2021, but things started to fall apart in 2022 and La Russa didn't even finish the season.
"I am so sick and tired of reading that bringing Tony La Russa back was a mistake," Reinsdorf said in 2023. "Tony La Russa came back in 2021, and does anybody know what we did in 2021? Does anybody remember we won 93 games? We won the division by 13 games. Was that a mistake to bring Tony La Russa back?"
The move to La Russa was absolutely not, in and of itself, why the White Sox have fallen to their current depths. It is, however, an example of Reinsdorf butting in and doing whatever he feels like instead of deferring to his actual baseball people hired to run baseball operations.
And when he fired his front office leadership last season, who did he promote? Getz. He might well prove to be a good executive in time, but he's relatively young and inexperienced for the job. His trade-deadline moves (and non-moves) this season were those of an exec in over his head.
Plus, if the previous front office was so bad that it needed to be fired, why was the assistant general manager -- Getz -- promoted to the top job?
Again, this is a team in the third-largest market in the league. A top-level, up-and-coming executive could have been hired to rebuild the on-field product. Instead, Reinsdorf promoted from within. Why?
The answer is pretty easy. Reinsdorf wanted Getz in the seat.
The ego and entitlement
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Zem
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So long, David Bell. This team made the most bizarre mistakes over and over again this season. I guess they didn't wait until the end of the season so they could test Benivides? Hoping the next manager can fix the injuries and errors and get these guys back on top. Brewers have ruled the division for too long now.
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Finally!