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Will Venable agreed to terms on a multiyear contract to serve as the manager of the Chicago White Sox, the team announced Thursday.
Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed for Venable, who spent the past two seasons with the Texas Rangers as an associate manager.
The former outfielder is the choice of senior vice president/general manager Chris Getz to replace Pedro Grifol, fired in August amid Chicago's historically bad campaign, and interim manager Grady Sizemore.
"Will is widely recognized as one of the premium managerial candidates within the game, and we are very excited to bring him into our organization as our new manager," Getz said.