Either the White Sox standards for managerial performance have seismically shifted, or something worse is afoot.
One way or another, it resulted in the White Sox dismissing Rick Renteria.
"Agreed to part ways" is probably euphemistic for firing. Were it for a health reason or some other managerial choice, the language would probably be more along the lines of "decided to step down."
It just seems so unlikely, because the White Sox haven't conducted an open manager search since the hiring of Ozzie Guillen after the 2003 season. They've had opportunities in the past, but they hired Robin Ventura on a gut feeling with no other interviews after Guillen's tenure deteriorated into "actively harmful," and replaced Ventura by shifting Renteria from the bench coach position, but only after Ventura's contract lapsed. By the method Renteria was hired, the White Sox were lucky to have somebody so qualified.
Rick Hahn is scheduled to talk to the media at 11 a.m. We'll see what we're at after that.
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