The White Sox reportedly want to hire Will Venable as their new manager: MLB veteran takes over team that has a losing record

The Chicago White Sox are hiring Will Venable as their new manager, MLB.com reports. Venable becomes the 44th manager in White Sox franchise history and the sixth manager since the start of the 2020 season.

Venable, 42, was an associate manager under Bruce Bochy with the Texas Rangers for the past two seasons. The Rangers won the World Series in 2023. Previously, Venable was an assistant coach with the Boston Red Sox during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Venable was also a major league outfielder for nine seasons, most of them with the Padres. His playing career ended in 2016.

Venable inherits a White Sox team that set a modern Major League Baseball record with 121 losses last season, a number that breaks the New York Mets' long-standing record of 120 losses set in 1962. General manager Chris Getz parted ways with former manager Pedro Grifol in August, and interim Grady Sizemore led the team to a 13-32 record. The White Sox are coming off back-to-back 100-loss seasons and certainly won't be relevant again anytime soon.

Getz has traded away numerous veterans in his relatively short time at the helm of baseball operations, and with Garrett Crochet and Luis Robert still on the roster, he may not be done making such moves just yet. Therefore, Venable should benefit from a certain amount of patience when it comes to the results in the standings.