After an 11-season playoff drought, the Chicago White Sox managed just two postseason appearances before regressing to mediocrity in 2022 and falling off of a cliff last season. Ownership had stuck with the architects of the team — Rick Hahn and Ken Williams — throughout the barren years, but on the precipice of another rebuild, they finally decided to hand the reins to someone else.
New GM Chris Getz has wasted little time making his mark, acquiring five players for veteran reliever Aaron Bummer late Thursday night. Those new additions could make up about a fifth of Chicago’s Opening Day roster if all goes well, but Getz has indicated he isn’t close to done remodeling the franchise:
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