The Chicago White Sox are currently 50-54 and somehow still hanging around in the American League Wildcard race.
It’s safe to say that a woeful offense for the better part of the season is the biggest culprit for their current standing, but now that both the pitching and hitting have rounded into form, the largest detriment to the team moving forward may in fact reside in the dugout rather than on the diamond.
It’s difficult to quantify exactly what a coaching staff brings to the table and Neil Paine of FiveThirtyEight seems to believe that a manager is worth only about negative two to two wins per year depending on what statistics you look at.