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Ken Williams, Rick Hahn relieved of White Sox duties

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— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) August 23, 2023

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CHICAGO — The White Sox misplaced one other recreation Tuesday evening, dropping a 6-3 resolution at Guaranteed Rate Field to the Mariners for a fifth straight dwelling setback and falling to a dismal 49-77 general.

With all due respect to the gamers getting after it for greater than three hours on the sector, that story rated a distant second on this evening. The White Sox introduced govt vice chairman Ken Williams and basic supervisor Rick Hahn have been relieved of their obligations, efficient instantly, with the information breaking from the crew one hour previous to first pitch.

These strikes come following a 2022 season through which the White Sox have been mired in mediocrity, by no means falling greater than 5 video games beneath .500 and by no means getting additional than 5 over .500 earlier than ending at 81-81, after which a good worse ‘23 season in which the White Sox were out of postseason contention after a 7-21 start. Both of these seasons were considered part of the team’s aggressive playoff window following a a lot ballyhooed rebuild.

“This is an extremely tough resolution for me to make as a result of they’re each gifted people with long-term relationships on the White Sox,” said White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf in a release to announce the moves. “Ken is sort of a son to me, and I’ll at all times think about him a member of my household.

“I want to personally thank Ken and Rick for all they have done for the Chicago White Sox, winning the 2005 World Series and reaching the postseason multiple times during their tenures. I have nothing but the greatest respect for them as people and appreciate the commitment and passion for the White Sox they exhibited over the years.”

Reinsdorf continued on in his assertion to level out that the well-worn cliché {of professional} sports being results-oriented is right.

“While we have enjoyed successes as an organization and were optimistic heading into the competitive window of this rebuild, this year has proven to be very disappointing for us all on many levels,” Reinsdorf stated. “This has led me to the conclusion that the perfect resolution for the group shifting ahead is to make a change in our baseball division management.”

Extensive statements have been issued by each Williams and Hahn relating to the selections throughout Tuesday’s loss. But in an earlier textual content to MLB.com, Williams summed up the strikes truthfully and professionally.

“We have underachieved,” Williams wrote. “This is what occurs.”

“It really stinks,” White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn stated. “Two great men. It stinks.”

“At the end of the day, we didn’t do our job on the field,” White Sox reliever Aaron Bummer stated. “But forever grateful for those two men.”

Williams was in his eleventh season as govt vice chairman with the White Sox after serving because the membership’s basic supervisor for 12 seasons (2001-12). During his tenure as basic supervisor, the White Sox captured the 2005 World Series championship and the 2008 American League Central title. Overall, the White Sox reached the postseason 5 occasions throughout Williams’ tenure as director of Minor League operations (1995-96), vice chairman of participant improvement (1997-2000), basic supervisor and govt vice chairman. He initially joined the entrance workplace in 1992 as a scout.

Hahn served because the White Sox basic supervisor for the previous 11 seasons, main the crew to consecutive postseason appearances in 2020 as a Wild Card and 2021 as AL Central champions. He joined the group in October 2000 and helped construct the 2005 World Series champions and 2008 division champions as assistant basic supervisor (2000-12) earlier than being promoted to basic supervisor in October 2012.

The White Sox will start a seek for a single decision-maker to steer the baseball operations division and anticipate having a person in place by the top of the season. It was Hahn and Williams who introduced in supervisor Pedro Grifol after an in depth spherical of interviews, leaving Grifol emotional in addition to shocked.

“My first interview was with Rick and a couple of other guys and my second was with Kenny and I would have never got past the first one if it wasn’t Rick and I never would have got past the second one if it wasn’t Kenny,” Grifol stated. “I owe every little thing to them.

“They believed in me and now I had to watch them walk out the building. That really hurt me. You go out there every day to give it your very best. And it just wasn’t good enough.”

Despite having two years left on his deal, might Grifol even be achieved after this season? He was sincere postgame in admitting to enthusiastic about the state of affairs.

“Obviously I’m not going to sit here and lie and tell you that I don’t think about it, but I’m not going to get caught up in it,” Grifol stated. “Why? Because I’ve a accountability to these guys in there.

“To do my job, do it as a professional, come in every day and to the coaching staff and to this organization to come in and prepare to win a baseball game. That’s my job.”

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