New Chicago White Sox General Manager Chris Getz is filling out his staff a few weeks into his new job. The team on Friday named former major league utility infielder Josh Barfield assistant GM, brought in former pitcher Brian Bannister as senior advisor to pitching, and named longtime scout Gene Watson director of player personnel. The club announced the moves via a press release before opening a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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On his first day as Chicago White Sox general manager, Getz revealed manager Pedro Grifol, his former coach with the Kansas City Royals, would be retained. Among his first front office hires, Getz is reported to be bringing in San Francisco director of pitching Brian Bannister, a former Royals teammate, and Gene Watson, the former Royals assistant general.
Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol lauded Josh Barfield’ s presence, Brian Bannister’ s creativity and Gene Watson’ s wealth of knowledge. Grifol was asked about the three expected additions to the White Sox front office after Tuesday’ s 4-3 loss to the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. MLB.com was first to report Tuesday night that Barfield would be.