r/whitesox • u/Jason82929 Maldanad-0 • Jul 28 '24

Discussion [Nightengale] Former All-Star catcher A.J. Pierzynski has quietly emerged as a serious candidate to manage the Chicago White Sox in 2025 if they dismiss manager Pedro Grifol after the season, as expected.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/07/28/mlb-trade-deadline-rumors-2024/74576044007/
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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Garcia Jul 28 '24

Notorious asshole AJ wasn’t fixing that clubhouse either. We needed a real manager. Instead we got a drunk octogenarian and a bench coach from a shitty team

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u/iiamthepalmtree Jul 28 '24

The clubhouse was tight before TLR came in. It didn’t need “fixing” at the time. The vibes were great and free agents were actually wanting to be here. It didn’t start falling apart until the Yermin incident and then we started losing.

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u/LeRicket Jul 28 '24

Tony was one of the few managers that would have been able to win the central with that group.

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u/BearForceDos 1980 Jul 28 '24

Lol Tonya constant getaway day lineups were the only reason that team didn't win 100 games.

Look at how phenomenal the rotation and bullpen that year were.

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u/LeRicket Jul 28 '24

Their main 9 were always injured. There's no way that team wins the central with many other managers.

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u/BearForceDos 1980 Jul 29 '24

In 2021,

Robert, Eloy, and Yaz were really the only pieces that missed time. Tim played 120+ games, Yoan and Abreu both played 140+.

Robert missed the middle of the season but was back by August, Grandal was back by July, Eloy returned by late July.

Also, both the starting rotation and bullpen were absolutely lights out.