Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol criticized his team's effort after a loss to the Baltimore Orioles, describing the performance as 'fucking flat.' Despite the strong language, Grifol praised pitcher Garrett Crochet's performance, noting he 'pitched his ass off.' The team was no-hit through 7 innings before a pinch-hitter broke it up. Grifol's comments led to a reaction from the players, with some disagreeing with his assessment. Grifol doubled down on his remarks the following day, emphasizing the need for the team to make adjustments and play harder. The team showed improved effort in their next game, which Grifol acknowledged positively.
Similar result today as yesterday for the Sox, but Pedro Grifol seemed pleased with today’s effort after saying his team was “fucking flat” yesterday. “We competed extremely well at the plate and battled. Today, our at-bats were a hell of a lot better. Our guys competed.”
“Flat. Period. Major League game. Gotta respect it. Pretty simple." My story from Sunday on Crochet's dominance and Grifol's postgame ire: https://t.co/wV6lp8K5or
A day after Pedro Grifol made a rare departure from his even-keeled demeanor by calling out his Sox as “fucking flat,” the South Side skipper doubled down on his comments, while his players weighed in — and some disagreed. New at @CHGO_Sports ⬇️ https://t.co/uzQF7IedlN
Pedro Grifol doubles down on calling out White Sox https://t.co/6DxFWoAjq6
Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol blasted his team’s effort level after a loss to the Baltimore Orioles Sunday, but he isn’t backing down after players seemingly pushed back on those remarks https://t.co/pf0yo2mIM0
More Grifol: "They have their opinions. I have mine. This is not divided by any means. This is not them against Pedro, Pedro against them. It’s just a situation. I thought we were flat. They didn’t think we were flat. It’s over. We gotta go out there and play baseball."
Grifol: "You know what? I’m doubling down on what I said yesterday, ok? I thought we were flat. And that’s where I’m going to leave it. We have to make adjustments today, ok. And go out there and play the game as hard as we can."
Here’s Pedro Grifol “doubling down” on his postgame comments from yesterday, when he called his team’s performance “fucking flat,” and addressing voiced disagreement from players. https://t.co/yui0hcNE8p
Pedro Grifol ‘doubles down’ on ‘flat’ comments. https://t.co/fTpDe74NZo
The White Sox recap had to be updated with some clubhouse reaction to Pedro Grifol saying "most of the guys were fucking flat today." --- “He’s going to feel that way and obviously we have a different feeling." https://t.co/ItpiLiRvnh
Grifol talked to the team after the loss. Crochet: "Yeah, that's kind of just for the guys."
Grifol: "I don’t have much. Crochet pitched his ass off. We got no-hit through 8 (actually 7). We had a pinch-hitter break it up. The rest of the guys… Not the rest of the guys. Most of the guys were fucking flat today. Unacceptable. That’s all I got."
Pedro Grifol said Garrett Crochet pitched his ass off but described most of the rest of the team as “fucking flat.” He didn’t want to talk about what he said to the players in the clubhouse, but it was about as mad as we’ve seen the skipper at his team’s effort.
Pedro Grifol said most of his team was “fucking flat” today.
ICYMI during last night’s @CHGO_WhiteSox postgame show, here’s what Pedro Grifol and Andrew Vaughn had to say following that strange ending to last night’s Sox loss, from our @CHGO_Sports YouTube channel https://t.co/PzQwyoLxih