(670 The Score) The White Sox have promoted assistant general manager Chris Getz to be their new senior vice president/general manager, the team announced Thursday morning.
The move was expected, as speculation began swirling that Getz would take over shortly after the White Sox fired longtime executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn on Aug. 22. Getz, 40, has been with the White Sox since October 2016, having overseen the club’s minor league operations and player development system since then.
“Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience within our organization to this role,” White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. “Most importantly, he knows our players, both at the major league level and in our system, knows our staff and is familiar with all aspects of our baseball operations department.
“Chris has impressed me greatly over the past seven years. In our conversations together this season, I have become energized by his vision, approach and sense of what this organization needs to become competitive again. With his existing knowledge of the organization, top to bottom, I believe his leadership will provide us with the quickest path forward to our goal, a consistently successful baseball team that competes and plays the game the right way. He will re-energize this organization.”
Getz had held his assistant general manager/player development title since 2021 after he previously was the director of player development. Prior to that, he worked in the Royals’ front office for two seasons.
The White Sox drafted Getz in the fourth round of the 2005 MLB Draft, and he played seven MLB seasons from 2008-’14.
“I am honored and humbled to be given this leadership responsibility,” Getz said in a statement. “I understand what this team means to White Sox fans, and I am excited to begin the work today and during the remainder of this season. There is a great deal of talent within this clubhouse and within this ballpark, and we are going to diligently begin to do the work and lay the foundation for an organization and a team we all take pride in, from the staff, to the players, to our fans.”
In Getz’s tenure, the White Sox have often had one of MLB's lowest-rated farm systems, save for the occasions in which they traded established big league talent for highly rated prospects from other organizations. They currently have three of the top 100 prospects in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.
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