By TC Zencka|October 14, 2020 at 10:09 pm CDT
La Russa handled the White Sox from 1979 till 1986– his first supervisory function in the majors– so theres definitely a classic angle that makes sense here. For the White Sox part, Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has expressed regret in the past for allowing his GM-at-the-time Ken Harrelson to fire La Russa midway through 1986. Whats more, La Russa and Reinsdorf were typically seen seeing White Sox games together prior to 2020, composes the Athletics James Fegan.
La Russa handled the White Sox from 1979 till 1986– his very first managerial function in the majors– so theres certainly a sentimental angle that makes sense here. He spent the previous season as a special advisor to the Angels, and the White Sox opening is an appealing position, even without the circle-of-life angle.
News came down on Wednesday night that the White Sox received approval from the Angels to speak with Tony La Russa for their supervisory opening. The 76-year-old looks more-and-more like a front-runner to land the task. For his own part, La Russa is apparently delighted about his upcoming discussions with the White Sox, per Bruce Levine of 670 the Score (by means of Twitter).
For the White Sox part, Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has actually revealed regret in the past for allowing his GM-at-the-time Ken Harrelson to fire La Russa midway through 1986. Whats more, La Russa and Reinsdorf were typically seen seeing White Sox games together prior to 2020, writes the Athletics James Fegan. A committed La Russa should be an alluring possibility for ownership, however the White Sox are still early in their search procedure, per Fegan.
They have a lot of young pitching for whom they are closely tracking development (Reynaldo Lopez, Dane Dunning, Dylan Cease, Garrett Crochet, Jonathan Stiever, Michael Kopech, and others), Hahn does not prepare on just waiting for the kids to grab the reins, per this piece from Fegan. The White Sox have no scarcity of guys who could extremely capably fill out those last 2 rotation spots, but with the Twins and Indians set to contend once again, their margin for error might again be slim.
