The Chicago White Sox are hiring Will Venable as their manager, according to a major-league source.
Venable comes to Chicago from Texas, where he worked as the associate manager to the Rangers’ Bruce Bochy for the past two years, winning a World Series title in 2023. Venable played nine MLB seasons for the Rangers, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers as an outfielder from 2008 to 2016.
The White Sox fired manager Pedro Grifol in August after a franchise-record 21-game losing streak. Grady Sizemore took over in the interim, finishing 13-32 at the helm, but general manager Chris Getz said in August that current team staffers would not be considered for the full-time manager job.
“I think it’s important to bring in a new voice, a fresh voice, perhaps that’s been exposed to areas of this game that we don’t currently have in our organization,” Getz said at the time. “I’m very curious to learn more about some of these individuals and then we’ll get it to the finish line and name the next manager.”
The White Sox finished the 2024 season at 41-121, setting the record for the most defeats in modern baseball history.
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