3 reasons it is a bad idea the Chicago White Sox promoted Chris Getz

Now is not the time to hire an unproven candidate.

If the Sox were a small market team ready to go through a full-blown rebuild, hiring the 40-year-old Getz would make sense. Also, if the Chicago White Sox were in any other division in baseball, then it would be fine to go with an inexperienced candidate.

The Sox are in the AL Central where the division is always winnable. The White Sox should be ruling that division with an iron fist based on being in the biggest market in the division.

Instead, Reinsdorf spends like the team is in Cleveland and not playing against Guardians.

Also, this organization just went through a long-term rebuild that failed. On top of that, Jerry wants to win one more championship before he passes away.

This is not a time period to go with someone learning on the job. It is an even worse idea to go with a person who failed in his previous role.

The Athletic’s Keith Law pointed out that the Sox farm system struggled to develop talent to help the big league club. The Sox got a total of 15.6 WAR from players who started their careers in the Sox farm system. We are talking about players the organization drafted or signed in international free agency that barely produced.

That number should be like a scarlet letter around Getz’s neck. Instead, he got promoted.

Now he could have blamed Kenny and Rick for drafting or signing subpar talent. He can also point to the Sox’s lack of funding in their minor league system.

The excuses can only go far as he was still tasked with developing the players he was given. He rolled out Project Birmingham with the thought it would develop the next great generation of prospects. Instead, it failed miserably.

Getz also praised Omar Vizquel on his way out the door when it turns out Vizquel was being accused of sexually harassing a bat boy. Then Getz put Wes Helms in charge of Triple-A Charlotte despite him being Vizquel’s bench coach. The Sox had to fire Helms because of those ties.

This was the time for Jerry Reinsdorf to reset the franchise and bring in an experienced leader from the outside. Reisndorf is not going to be patient. He wants a quick turnaround.

If Jerry wanted a leader who could have constructed the roster quickly to regain competitiveness, he should have hired David Stearns. Hey, Reinsdorf cannot wait a year for Stearns to evaluate his club. Also, it should not take a year to look over the club and make necessary changes.

Reading the tea leaves, what it feels like is Reinsdorf did not want anyone from the outside coming in and wanting to do another long-term rebuild. That is what this team needs, but not what it will get.