The Chicago White Sox is a team that came into 2022 with high expectations. There is no reason that they should be sitting where they are in the standings. A lot of things have gone wrong this year but the biggest problem has been manager Tony La Russa.
Tony La Russa was a horrific hire from day one and it ended up being even worse than we thought. He puts out horrendous lineups, has been bad at in-game strategy and has made terrible moves with the bullpen.
The team is also significantly less fun with him at the helm. Honestly, things were so much better with Rick Renteria as the manager. The baseball side of things with Tony is about the same as Ricky but with a lot less energy.
It is time for the White Sox to fire Tony La Russa right now. In fact, they should have done it 100 games ago. Now, it might be too late anyway but it would send a message that they are tired of losing and mad about what has happened to this team so far this year.
The Chicago White Sox is a franchise that needs to make a big change right away.
Who are they going to replace him with if they fire him after the season? Well, we won’t know for sure until that time comes. There could be other options that became available and the people making that decision could change as well.
At 63-65, the White Sox are under .500 with just a few days left in August. They are 5.0 games behind the Cleveland Guardians as they are off on Monday. If they can come back and make the playoffs it would be a miracle. Stranger things have happened but this feels impossible.
There is no reason to defend the management of Tony La Russa. It is nothing personal against him, he just was not a manager that helped this team do what they needed to do. He was supposed to help them get over the hump as a team but they have gone backward under him.
The only person who should be more ashamed of himself is owner Jerry Reinsdorf. He went above Rick Hahn to hire his old friend as the manager and it has been a disaster.
Rick Hahn hasn’t been perfect but we haven’t seen his rebuild with his coach and that is a problem. They aren’t run like a winning franchise and the Tony La Russa era proves it to everyone watching.
