MLB Rumors: Texas Rangers associate manager Will Venable is being hired by the Chicago White Sox as their new manager, per multiple reports. I do not believe there is an official announcement as of yet — it is early in the morning and my coffee hasn’t kicked in yet, plus I’m distracted by people complaining about Nathaniel Lowe — and I believe that it may be that the White Sox can’t announce the deal yet because of a moratorium on announcements during the World Series.
Venable, 42, spent 9 years in the majors as a player from 2008-16, primarily with the San Diego Padres, where he was teammates with Rangers’ president of baseball operations Chris Young from 2008-10.