And while both Benetti and Boyer said they’re fine with each other now, that remark still seems to have made an impact: Agrest reported, citing multiple sources, that the remark in question came from White Sox senior vice president and chief revenue and marketing officer Brooks Boyer. Jeff Agrest of The Chicago Sun-Times dug into that a bit more for a piece published Thursday. I’ll have a relationship, but I don’t want to do that long-term.” “I had somebody say to me when I asked for more respect - and basically demanded more respect just in the way I was being treated - they said, ‘Respect according to normal human beings, or respect according to Jason Benetti?’ That is one of those things that I say, that’s disqualifying and will be for a long time. There, he cited one particular quote from a Sox figure as something that made him wary of working with the team long-term.
Benetti was still under contract with the White Sox for another year after the team picked up a multi-year option on him in January, but they had allowed him to listen to outside offers, and there were reports on some divides between the team and Benetti.īenetti discussed that a bit with Richard Deitsch of The Athletic this week.
When Jason Benetti left the Chicago White Sox’s broadcasts on NBC Sports Chicago for the Detroit Tigers’ broadcasts on Bally Sports Detroit last week, there was a lot of discussion about what was behind that move.
