#Pedro Grifol

Despite the Chicago White Sox stumbling to an 81-81 record last season, new manager Pedro Grifol says 2023 "is not a rebuilding year." Grifol was named manager of the White Sox on Nov. 1, replacing Tony LaRussa. "This is not a rebuilding year," White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said, via Vinnie Duber, White Sox beat writer for CHGO Sports. Grifol was…

This story was excerpted from Scott Merkin's White Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. Making predictions for an upcoming Major League Baseball season is tough enough following Spring Training, and those prognostications come after watching baseball for six weeks to gain a working knowledge of…

One of the great observations of the Chicago baseball scene appeared several decades ago in a column by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Steve Daley. "Baseball has no offseason in Chicago," Daley wrote. "Interest only starts to wane when the teams start to play their games." That was long before the Cubs and White Sox ended their respective…

At the start of the season, the Chicago White Sox were one of the favorites to win the American League Central and compete in the MLB playoffs. That prediction was based on the first-place finish in 2021 and the lack of talent throughout the rest of the division. But the White Sox fell flat under manager Tony LaRussa and did not even make the 2022…

The Houston Astros finished their 2022 campaign with the best record in the American League, as well as a World Series championship, and the oddsmakers still don't have them at the top of the list to bring it back in 2023. Instead, it's the Los Angeles Dodgers, falling short in 2022 to their division rival San Diego Padres in the NLDS, but coming…

The Philadelphia Phillies weren't assembled to small-ball teams to death. Yes, they can put together hit parades with the best of them, but this is a team constructed to hit dingers - and hit dingers they did on Tuesday night. In a game delayed a day by rain, the Phillies, back in the World Series for the first time since, well, only 2009, tuned…

CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox hired Kansas City Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol to replace Hall of Famer Tony La Russa as their manager, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the hiring. ESPN first reported the move. The 52-year-old Grifol will try…

The Miami Marlins are reportedly hiring former Cardinals bench coach Skip Schumaker as their manager. The 43-year-old will replace Don Mattingly, who served as Miami's manager for seven seasons and left as the franchise's all-time leader in wins before retiring. Miami eliminates one of the White Sox's biggest competitors for Joe Espada. According…

There's a new job opening down in Miami. On Sept. 25, Don Mattingly announced that he and the Marlins mutually agreed that he would not manage the team in 2023. BUY MLB TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER So the Marlins are on the hunt for a new manager. And it looks like they're conducting an interview for the position on…