South Side Sox · May 20, 2022
Wes Helms removed from manager role at Charlotte
Charlotte manager Wes Helms in 2019, the year he was the bench coach for the disgraced Omar Vizquel at Birmingham — and three years before the White Sox did anything about it.Not a lot to report here overall, aside from the fact that the well-liked and reasonably successfully minors manager Wes Helms has been placed on “indefinite leave” by the team. Whether that indicates he will be fired or not is anyone’s guess, but indefinite leaves don’t usually end in welcomes back.
Helms was the bench coach for Omar Vizquel in Birmingham back in 2019. That summer happened to be the one where Vizquel sexually harassed an autistic batboy for the Barons, according to allegations made in a 2021 lawsuit.