The new names, jobs of the 2021 White Sox player development staff

Officially, the White Sox's minor league affiliates for the next decade haven't been established.

Unofficially, it seems like it's business as usual, just a month later.

The White Sox released their player development staff roster for the 2021 season, and it still identifies Charlotte, Birmingham, Winston-Salem and Kannapolis as the non-complex assignments for their coaches. Coming from the other side, the affiliates all sent out press releases and social media posts announcing the same.

But as Chris Getz -- whose "director of player development" title has been replaced by "assistant general manager/player development" -- couldn't quite cement the hierarchy in the White Sox's press release.

The release follows up by saying that the acceptance of Player Development Licenses and other details will be issued by Major League Baseball in the coming weeks.

Getz isn't the only one to receive a new title for a similar sounding role. The White Sox have reassigned some of last year's names to similar-sounding roles. Otherwise, the biggest changes are mostly on the hitting side, because previous Charlotte hitting coach Howie Clark is Frank Menechino's assistant with the big league club. I've tried to adjust last year's chart to account for some of the title shift. It'd be great if they kept some consistency for 2022.

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT STAFF

Broussard, who had previously spent time as the team's leadership and development coordinator, never got a chance to get his hitting advisor career off the ground. Chris Getz said Broussard stepped away to spend more time with his family, so in comes Barkett. Barkett was hired by the University of Central Florida as a coach in 2020, after spending two years as the Boston Red Sox's assistant hitting coach. Grace Guerrero Zwit isn't a new name, but here's a good article about her.

ASSISTANTS TO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Kenny Williams tipped the addition of his son to the White Sox system in a Bob Nightengale story from December. In seeing another offseason go by without a Black person ascending into a main front office role, Williams said:

Veal, a White Sox reliever from 2012-14, makes his coaching staff debut at the age of 36.

CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS

Johnson signed a minor-league deal with the White Sox back in January 2019, three years after his last MLB plate appearance with the Miami Marlins, but it didn't have a non-roster invitation to spring training attached, so he didn't really surface. Perhaps he still made an impression, because he replaces Clark at Charlotte's hitting coach.

BIRMINGHAM BARONS

Justin Jirschele didn't get a chance to get Omar Vizquel's stink out of the Birmingham clubhouse last season, so here's take two at the ripe old age of 30. Seitzer was supposed to be the hitting coach for Great Falls last year, so it's theoretically his second year as a coach, even though it's his first in this role in practice.

WINSTON-SALEM DASH

Daniel's another guy whose coaching career got off to a false start. He attended high school in the Charlotte and college at UNC, then spent seven season in professional baseball after being selected in the seventh round by the Washington Nationals.

KANNAPOLIS CANNON BALLERS

Ely had spent the last few seasons in Great Falls, so both he and Seitzer survived the realignment. Patrick Leyland is the son of Jim Leyland.

ARIZONA ROOKIE LEAGUE

DeYoung gets his first main gig, supplanting Ward, who had coached up and down the chain for years and years. Drew Hasler, the son of White Sox bullpen coach Curt Hasler, gets his first solo gig after sharing duties in the past. Gellinger, who has served in all sorts of roles over the years, was most recently supposed to manage in Great Falls in 2020.

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE

No changes of note except for the elimination of Ramirez's post.

(Ron Vesely/Chicago White Sox)