Justin Jirschele: Crucial to the Future

Tiffany Wintz/South Side Sox Justin Jirschele is still the Manager to Watch in the Chicago White Sox system.In 2015 as the White Sox organization was kicking off the early stages of their ambitious retooling, they made a quiet move to begin drawing up the blueprint to develop a new-age baseball manager.

The test subject? Justin Jirschele, a high-motored, minor-league grinder with an impeccable work ethic and boundless energy.

As a player “Jirsch” did more with less, reaching Triple-A despite being signed as an undrafted free agent. On the field he was the consummate banjo-hitting utility player, cobbling together a .277/.336/.322 batting line in four minor league seasons. However,…