As the White Sox rebuild has plowed forward, fans and observers have continued to ask whether Rick Renteria is the right man for the job, probably as much a reaction to the way he was replaced with Joe Maddon on the other side of town as to what he’s done in his two-plus seasons as the manager on the South Side.
White Sox brass has replied at every opportunity that indeed Renteria is the right man for this team, moving toward contending while the development continues at all levels of the organization. He’s received rousing support from Hawk Harrelson and Chris Sale, among others who aren’t calling the shots in this whole process.