With the CBA set to expire on December 1, the White Sox are staring at the same looming deadline every other club is facing: get business done now, or wait out a lockout that would freeze player movement entirely. That clock is ticking fast, and Chris Getz has already signaled that Chicago won’t sit still.
Getz said it’s likely the White Sox will add players before December 1st, which would at least keep the roster from going untouched all the way from the end of the season into a potential shutdown. In a market where transactions could disappear overnight, that matters.
The bigger question is how he chooses to attack it. After a season that not even Jerry Reinsdorf saw coming, Getz has a chance to build on that momentum rather than treat the winter like business as usual.
He found success last year with Munetaka Murakami, so a return to the Japanese free agency market is one possibility. Trades and free-agent signings involving players already in the majors are also on the table.
Which path he prefers is still anyone’s guess.
What’s clear is that the White Sox are not approaching this like a team content to stand pat. If a lockout does arrive, clubs won’t be able to make player transactions, and that would leave front offices with no room to maneuver. Getz, then, has less than three weeks to shape the roster before that door potentially slams shut.
That’s a far cry from the old White Sox regime, and for fans, that alone is worth noticing. Whether Rick Hahn or Kenny Williams would have made the same public commitment is beside the point now. This is Getz’s show, and after a season that changed the conversation around the organization, he’s at least making it clear he intends to act.
Now he has to follow through.
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