While the Chicago White Sox struggle to win games, manager Pedro Grifol continues to offer platitudes.
White Sox manager Pedro Grifol watches batting practice during a team workout on March 27, 2024, at Guaranteed Rate Field. White Sox Chairman Jerry Reindorf made the trip to Cleveland for an early-season game in 1995 when everyone in Chicago was wondering about the fate of his manager.
The Sox returned to Chicago after being swept in a four-game series in Cleveland, and Lamont’s firing was announced the next day. Schueler said the team’s lack of “fire” made it an easy decision. Unlike the 1995 Sox, led by Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura, Ozzie Guillen and Tim Raines, this team had no expectations to start the season. Serious, long-term injuries toGeneral manager Chris Getz knows there’s nothing Grifol can do but ask his players to play hard and limit the mental mistakes. Even then it’s going to be a monumental task to get to .500, which was considered the best-case scenario heading into 2024.
“When you go through struggles it’s a character reveal for players and staff,” Getz told reporters in Cleveland. “You’ve got to dig deep sometimes and stay positive, and this staff is professionals and have been in this game a while whether it be on the player or coaching front.” “They’ve heard it for a long, long time. It’s about us winning baseball games. Until April, a couple weeks into April, a couple of weeks into the season, that’s when everybody should have an opinion and make a decision whether they like what we put on the field or not.”
Perhaps Grifol has spent too much time listening to new team broadcaster John Schriffen, who said last week that every team needs a Bryan Shaw, a 36-year-old reliever currently sporting a 9.00 ERA. Sox fans beg to differ.Yoán Moncada — out 3-6 months — joins Luis Robert Jr. and Eloy Jiménez on the IL for Chicago White Sox“Unfortunately it’s shown some weaknesses here,” he added.
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