Are the Sox About to Be Sold?

The Reinsdorf era on the South Side might be coming to an end.

Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf is reportedly exploring selling the team, according to an article from The Athletic. Reinsdorf has been in “active discussions” with a group led by former MLB pitcher Dave Stewart. Stewart, who has been a baseball executive, a pitching coach, and a sports agent after retiring from baseball in 1995, has been trying to get an MLB franchise in the city of Nashville for several years, so this is a very interesting development.

This news comes during a particularly rough time for the White Sox. They just finished the worst season in modern baseball history a few weeks ago, losing a record 121 games. They fired their manager midway through the year, and are still looking for a replacement. They recently hired a new GM, Chris Getz, before the season. There’s not a ton of star talent on the current roster, and there’s been no indication by the club that they’ll get said talent via free agency.

This era of the Reinsdorf regime is easily the worst since the 88-year-old bought the club in 1981 for $20M. His tenure has always ebbed and flowed, of course peaking in 2005 when the Sox won the World Series for the first time in 88 years. But since then, it’s been tough. They didn’t make the postseason after the 2008 season, a drought that would last until the 2020 pandemic season, where a young group of players, including Tim Anderson, Eloy Jimenez, and Yoan Moncada, came up and made noise in the postseason, but ultimately fell short. The 2021 team won their division, but fell short in the ALDS. Since then, they haven’t made the postseason.

Will Reinsdorf actually sell the team? And if he does, do you think they’ll move to Nashville, given Dave Stewart’s connections? DM me and let me know.

By Jermale Dabney, Senior, Lindblom Math and Science Academy

Instagram: @jermale_d

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