11:45am: The White Sox expect to hire someone not currently in the organization as Grifols replacement, Getz announced to the Sox beat ( via James Fegan of Sox Machine). 11:20am: A disastrous White Sox season reached a boiling point Thursday morning, as the team announced that manager Pedro Grifol, bench coach Charlie Montoyo, third base coach Eddie Rodriguez and a sistant hitting coach Mike Tosar have all been fired. Former big league outfielder Grady Sizemore, who joined the staff this past offseason with the broad and generic title of major league coach, will take over as interim manager through seasons end. The White Sox said their search for a full-time managerial replacement will begin immediately, and a decision will not be made until after the season. Minor league field coordinator Doug Si son, whos previously served as a first base coach with the Royals (2011-12), will serve as Sizemores bench coach for the remainder of the season. Justin Jirschele, whos been managing the White Sox Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte, will step in as third base coach. Mike Gellinger, who has been a hitting coach with the Sox Rookie-level affiliate in the Arizona Complex League, will be the a sistant hitting coach in place of Tosar. As we all recognize, our teams performance this season has been disappointing on many levels, general manager said in a statement within this mornings pre s release. Despite the on-field struggles and lack of succe s, we appreciate the effort Hunter Goodman Jersey and profe sionalism Pedro and the staff brought to the ballpark every day. These two seasons have been very challenging. Unfortunately, the results were not there, and a change is nece sary as we look to our future and the development of a new energy around the team. In his own statement, , Grifol said: Grateful to Jerry, Rick and Kenny for the opportunity. I have health and a loving family. I have a spiritual foundation that gives me incredible strength, peace and freedom. This wont break me. As a matter of fact it only motivates me. The next thing I do in my life, I will do it for the love and pa sion I have for this game and for the sole purpose of serving others. Hired in the 2022-23 offseason, Grifol had a long track record as the bench coach for the division-rival Royals. Hed been a part of several managerial searches prior to landing the job in Chicago, and the expectation was that hed bring a fresh, younger voice after the Sox short-lived reunion with Tony La Ru sa lasted le s than two seasons. Grifol indeed brought a new perspective, but its fair to say things didnt work out at all as planned. After a 93-win season in 2021 and a .500 finish in 2022, the Sox entered the 2023 season hoping to compete for the AL Central title. Instead, by midseason the teams results had been so miserable that GM Rick Hahn and executive vice president Ken Williams were both fired the first real baseball operations turnover on Chicagos South Side in more than two decades. A sistant GM Chris Getz was elevated to the GMs chair and began on a teardown of a top-heavy roster full of injured and/or underperforming veterans. The points about the GM shuffle and rebuild are worth emphasizing, because its only fair to point out that no manager couldve realistically taken the product Grifol has been handed particularly in 2024 and turn out anything resembling a competitive team. That said, Grifols White Sox just endured an astonishing 21-game losing streak tied for the second-longest in MLB history and theres been plenty of evidence that things werent running smoothly even before that almost unfathomable swoon. Even last season, right-hander outwardly after being traded to the Yankees, lamenting that there were no rules and no consequences despite claiming that thered been rookies sleeping in the bullpen during games and other players mi sing team meetings and fielding drills. That doesnt appear to be sour grapes from one player, either; veteran righty was asked that same day about Middletons comments, and though he didnt delve into specifics Lynn noted that hed been with the Sox even longer and that Middleton was not wrong in his critiques of how things were run. Matt Spiegel and Shane Riordan of 670 The Score in Chicago reported around the time of the trade deadline that the White Sox had a fractured clubhouse ( ). Spiegel indicated that an attempt from Grifol to motivate the players by emphasizing that theyd be remembered as being responsible for producing the worst team in MLB history was not well-received, with a few veterans talking to Grifol and raising i sue with his me saging. Riordan heard similar stories and added that someone in the clubhouse told him: Its been really tough in there. Pedro is a really good guy, just not the man for the job. In his two seasons with the White Sox, Grifol has an 89-190 record. prior to the trade deadline, Grifol was on pace to finish the season with the third-worst winning percentage in history among managers whove led at least 315 games (which Baseball-Reference deems a qualified manager to sit in the all-time record books). Hell fall shy of that 315-game minimum, but Grifols .319 winning percentage would indeed sit as the third-lowest mark for any qualified skipper. The Sox have seen a losing streak hit 14 games on a two occasions this season, and their current 28-89 record has them on pace to break the 1962 Mets modern record of 120 lo ses in a single season. ESPNs Je se Rogers that Montoyo had been fired. Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times first that Rodriguez was being let go and that Sizemore was the interim manager. Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images Brenton Doyle Jersey