I heard rumors but am shocked they did this.

 

Who is going to be better?

 

WIll we see someone from front office come down?

Joe Girardi Out as Yankees Manager

 

Assuming he doesn’t take the Nationals opening, could the Sox drop Rick Renteria after next season for Joe Girardi? He wanted to manage the Cubs if I remember correctly. Does that mean he’d be willing to manage the Sox?

 

Is he a manager we should want? Would he be better than Rick?

Wow. Not sure what else they expected from him. They were a year or two ahead of schedule even.

Joe Girardi Out as Yankees Manager

 

Assuming he doesn’t take the Nationals opening, could the Sox drop Rick Renteria after next season for Joe Girardi? He wanted to manage the Cubs if I remember correctly. Does that mean he’d be willing to manage the Sox?

 

Is he a manager we should want? Would he be better than Rick?

 

You would have to be assuming no one adds Girardi in the off-season.

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Does Jerry still own the White Sox?

I also thought he handled bullpen well. He didn't go based on reg. season roles, he was riding hottest hands and using Robertson creatively.

Sorry Ricky, you’ve been replaced by Joe....stop me if you’ve heard this before.

 

It's not even like I find Girardi to be this incredible manager, I just don't understand how much more production they want from the position.

I kinda feel like they find high value at that fact that Ricky speaks Spanish. I feel in the next 10 years you will see more than half the teams in the league with a Spanish-speaking manager, if not sooner.

Does Jerry still own the White Sox?

Does this indicate he has something against Girardi personally or is it a more general "Reinsdorf is too cheap to hire this guy/Reinsdorf won't just change managers like that" comment?

Does Jerry still own the White Sox?

Unfortunately.

Not sure Girardi is a guy you need to go out and get, but he just managed a rebuilding team in New York to within 1 game of the WS, and the Sox are a rebuilding team with a lot of talent. And he's probably better than Renteria at least.

I agree with SoxFan that they like that Renteria speaks spanish. It seems that the Sox always have a high number of spanish speaking players, moreso than any other team. No data for this, just eye balling. So I think they love that about Renteria. HOWEVER, I'd love the idea of bringing in Girardi assuming he wants to coach more. He wanted to be in Chicago a few years ago, maybe he'd come to the Sox? All just speculation now..

It was disgraceful when the Cubs did it, it'd be disgraceful if the Sox fire Ricky solely to hire Girardi. I think Ricky earned next season.

It was disgraceful when the Cubs did it, it'd be disgraceful if the Sox fire Ricky solely to hire Girardi. I think Ricky earned next season.

 

Eh, I'm not against a team moving on from a player that has earned it if it helps them win.

 

The '14 paulie swan song was not...romantic or enjoyable.

 

If they don't think Joe can do it with younger guys best move on now.

Not sure Girardi is a guy you need to go out and get, but he just managed a rebuilding team in New York to within 1 game of the WS, and the Sox are a rebuilding team with a lot of talent. And he's probably better than Renteria at least.

 

I wouldn't say "rebuilding" when describing the Yankees situation. They sold off two relievers (one was going to be a free agent) and Beltran in 16.

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Could see Girardi being a guy who takes a break for a year, spends time with family, does some tv work and then decides to see what's out there next off-season.

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It's not even like I find Girardi to be this incredible manager, I just don't understand how much more production they want from the position.

 

The Yankees were at least one year, if not two ahead of schedule with this team. I am not sure what they wanted either.

It was disgraceful when the Cubs did it, it'd be disgraceful if the Sox fire Ricky solely to hire Girardi. I think Ricky earned next season.

 

With the progress this team made last year amongst the position players, plus having rookies come up and contribute, I think he has earned not getting fired for sure.

Could see Girardi being a guy who takes a break for a year, spends time with family, does some tv work and then decides to see what's out there next off-season.

 

My guess is that he eventually ends up in Miami with Jeter.

My guess is that he eventually ends up in Miami with Jeter.

 

Agreed. Just swap Mattingly and Girardi and get it over with.

I think Yanks want an AJ Hinch type.

I'm borderline shocked people want to dump Ricky after one season. He did nothing this season that deserves a quick exit and the players quite clearly enjoy playing for him. Dumping him just because would be incredibly unprofessional.

...our Josh Paul?

 

1/Going to throw out 2 internal names here that I know have gotten lots of praise but NO IDEA if they will even be interviewed: Josh Paul

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) October 26, 2017

 

Cashman took that Yanks team to 1 game of the WS, he made a couple nice moves that really helped down the stretch.

I think Yanks want an AJ Hinch type.

 

Josh Paul would qualify, I suppose.

 

Mattingly would be an easy pick, but maybe they want to get away from that profile.