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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Ryan McGuffey: Chris Getz isn't afraid to hire people smarter than him

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Ryan McGuffey discussed the latest White Sox storylines coming out of spring training.

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0:00.0

First fish, he's hit high in the air, deep left center field, going back Suzuki at the track near the wall, he looks up, and this is gone.

0:08.0

The White Sox strike first.

0:09.8

Austin Hayes, a solo shot to left center here in the first.

0:18.6

Zach Zateman on the call the other day for Cubs and a White Sox at Sloan Park and Mesa.

0:25.1

I was there.

0:26.5

It was a great vibe.

0:28.2

It was a good hang.

0:29.7

Said hello to some old White Sox pal.

0:32.6

Big hug from Len Casper, my bandmate.

0:35.7

Big hug from Darren Jackson.

2:01.0

What a wonderful guy that dude is. My goodness. I love that man. Unbelievable great dude. Literally one of the nicest humans. So crazy nice with a world of awesome baseball stories and experience as well. Connor McKnight. Great to see Connor McKnight there the other day as well. Our guy Our guy. The local guy done well, right? Absolutely. He's a good guy. Score alum. I know, just a lot of good. A lot of good. Hopefully the on-field product is some good. You know, look, Munitaka Murakami, Winnatakaomi. I'm intrigued. Oh, you have to be. Two for four today. A couple of singles. I didn't realize that. But like he, the two balls that he hit on Friday were absolute rockets, one up the middle and one and one bomb. I, the only thing, I don't even care about the results as much with him right now is I do, how does he look like he belongs? And the answer is yes. Oh my goodness, yes. And the sound of it, and people have been talking about just the experience of seeing him on the back fields, players saying, yeah, he hits it hard when he hits it. There's a lot of good. I love that he's staying basically the whole extra week here before he jumps ship to go to the WBC just to get in those games. The guy wants to be good. I talked to Anthony Kay at Sox Fest and he was like, dude, this is a $100 million player. I don't understand why it's a two-year deal, but I'm telling you, he is a guy that will use that chip, use it as a chip on a shoulder. I got some insight as to why it's a to you do. There are major doubts.

2:01.8

Salute.

2:16.7

There are major doubts. I got some really good Marikami intel that I'm going to be. I want to wait and do it with Lawrence. No offense to you. I love you. I love you. I got your number. We could talk offline. That's a tease. That's a 22-hour tease. Oh, didn't do it Friday, huh? That was in the group thread.

2:18.5

Speaks was going to do that Friday when I was in here. No,

2:19.1

he was going to do his Friday when I was in here.

2:18.5

He was going to do his hit piece on Murkami on Friday. It's not a hit piece. Just because I got intel from some people. Let me relate it this way then. This is a win-win deal for the white sex. Oh, dude. There is no

2:31.8

It's their best signing of the offseason by a mile

2:34.6

It's not even close

2:35.5

Oh it's a wonderful fit

2:37.0

No matter what happens the white socks. Oh, dude, there is no, it's their best signing of the off season by a mile.

2:34.6

It's not even close. Oh, it's a wonderful fit. No matter what happens in the two years, literally no matter what happens. One year. Yeah, it's true, one year. Because he's got an opt? No, because of 2027, there's not going to be baseball. Oh, yeah, that's sad. Remember that's being I do. I forgot about it.

2:48.7

Several people told me to enjoy the season.

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