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Latest On White Sox’ Managerial Search

By Nick Deeds | October 25, 2024 at 9:49am CDT

Following the club’s decision to fire manager Pedro Grifol midseason, the White Sox have been at work looking to find their next long-term skipper while interim manager Grady Sizemore held down the fort late in the year. A number of potential candidates have seen their names float through the rumor mill this winter, but The New York Post’s Jon Heyman wrote last night that the three “leading candidates” for the role are former Angels manager Phil Nevin, Rangers associate manager Will Venable, and Tigers bench coach George Lombard.

All three were previously known to be in the mix for the club’s managerial gig, although only Venable is confirmed to have scheduled an interview among the trio. Among them, Nevin is the only one with previous experience at the helm of an MLB dugout as he took over for Joe Maddon as Angels manager in June of 2022 and remained in the role through the end of the 2023 season. The Halos posted a paltry 119-149 record under Nevin’s guidance, but for a rebuilding club coming off a 121-loss campaign like the White Sox team record may be less of a factor than Nevin’s handling of youngsters like Reid Detmers, Nolan Schanuel, and Zach Neto.

Meanwhile, Venable and Lombard lack managerial experience at the big league level but are both viewed as up-and-coming managers of the future. Venable, in particular, has been a highly sought-after managerial candidate for years now, though he declined to interview for positions with the Mets and Guardians last winter. Since his big league career came to an end in 2016, Venable has served as a special assistant to the front office, first base coach, and third base coach for the Cubs, bench coach to Red Sox manager Alex Cora, and most recently associate manager under Rangers skipper Bruce Bochy.

Lombard, on the other hand, has reportedly already interviewed for the league’s other managerial vacancy in Miami and was previously a candidate for the Padres’ managerial gig in 2019 and the top dugout job with the Tigers in 2020. While both teams ultimately went in different directions, Detroit was clearly impressed with Lombard as they subsequently hired him to act as A.J. Hinch’s bench coach, a role he’s held ever since. Prior to his stint with the Tigers, Lombard spent five years with the Dodgers as first base coach from 2016-20 following stints with the Red Sox and Braves in a variety of minor league roles.

Heyman also floats a fourth name in the mix for the managerial gig: veteran manager Buck Showalter, who most recently served as skipper of the Mets from 2022 to 2023. As opposed to his framing of Lombard, Nevin, and Venable as “leading candidates” for the role, Heyman suggests the White Sox have merely “considered” the four-time Manager of the Year award winner for their vacancy in the dugout, leaving it unclear how serious the club’s interest is or if Showalter has actually interviewed for the position. Even so, it seems as though Showalter isn’t inherently against leading a club that’s unlikely to contend given his interest in the Angels’ managerial vacancy last winter before that job ultimately went to Ron Washington.

Of course, these four are far from the only candidates that have been connected to the managerial role in Chicago in recent weeks. Former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker and Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough have both been regarded as potential frontrunners for the job at various points in the offseason, while Padres special assistant A.J. Ellis, Dodgers bench coach Danny Lehman, and Cardinals bench coach Daniel Descalso have also seen their names float through the rumor mill in connection with the White Sox job since the offseason began.

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27 Comments

  1. rememberthecoop

    10 months ago

    Seriously, a child could lead that organization.

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    • Rsox

      10 months ago

      Billy Heywood?…

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      • Karko Vice City

        10 months ago

        Drake LaRoche?

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  2. RunDMC

    10 months ago

    Associate manager; and offensive coordinator? What sport are the Rangers playing?

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  3. BaseballBrian

    10 months ago

    There are wayyy too many coaching positions on an MLB team.

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    • letitbelowenstein

      10 months ago

      Brian, very true. I’m waiting for the first team to hire an assistant to the assistant bench coach.

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      • BaseballBrian

        10 months ago

        Assistant strategy development coach, what the fudge?

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        • Rsox

          10 months ago

          The brian child of analytics; needing just as many coaches to explain the data as you have players on the roster…

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  4. Sheep8

    10 months ago

    Would be the white Sox being the white Sox by hiring Buck!

    Please do it!

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    • letitbelowenstein

      10 months ago

      Buck? O’Neil? He ain’t around no more. Which is a pity because he probably would have been awesome.

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      • avenger65

        10 months ago

        Showalter, if he’s really interested in the Sox job, must be out of his mind. Maybe he likes a challenge but, never mind not contending for the next several years, they’re way behind even being a challenge.

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  5. MPrck

    10 months ago

    OZZY, he could liven up that whole town, and make baseball fun again there.

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    • julyn82001

      10 months ago

      Agreed. OZZY brought the only WS to Windy City. Plus, he very knowledgeable and had the pulse on players, staffs. PR skills are probably lacking somehow but I’m sure he has learned his lesson…

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      • swinging wood

        10 months ago

        As well as:
        Fielder Jones (1906)
        Frank Chance (1907, 1908)
        Pants Roland (1917)
        Joe Maddon (2016)

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    • BaseballBrian

      10 months ago

      I think he retired from touring.

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  6. Rsox

    10 months ago

    I would hope Buck’s name was only thrown out there because they wanted someone with actual experience’s name to be mixed with all the others.

    However, he did want to manage the Angels so maybe Buck just really, really wants to be back in the dugout, regardless of where

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  7. Jump 84

    10 months ago

    Mr. Reinsdorf please sell the team, terrible brand of baseball from ownership to low minors. Very out of touch ask the Southside.

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    • avenger65

      10 months ago

      Jump: Agree, except the part where Reinsdorf might sell the team to Stewart, who will try to move the team to Nashville. Reinsdorf doesn’t care one bit about Sox fans. He never has.

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  8. Ol’ Uncle Charlie

    10 months ago

    The comments from White Sox fans in this post are causing me to scratch my head nearly as much as the White Sox organization/ownership does.

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  9. User 2770661946

    10 months ago

    A lot of managers will be on the hot seat next year. The Twins, Rays, Mariners, Giants, Cardinals, BlueJays and possibly RedSox and Phillies could all be looking. Whomever is interested in the Whitesox job should just wait

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  10. msqboxer

    10 months ago

    If Venable turned down interviews with the Mets and Guardians, why on earth would he interview with the worst front office in baseball? I’d like to see a manger get paid per win like $25,000 per win up to 81 and then $500,000 per win above that and see how they manage every game.

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  11. pohle

    10 months ago

    you need two sides to agree to the hiring. schumaker doesnt have much left to prove as a role coach, but i would imagine between the marline and white sox he would sit out this year’s managerial carousel.

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  12. IronBallsMcGinty

    10 months ago

    Skip might require a salary that the Sox aren’t willing to pay.

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  13. stymeedone

    10 months ago

    Can you see where Schumaker might not want to go with them? Not much in the farm. Not much value to trade. Never going to have much payroll. Plus the club is up for sale and 99% chance the new owners will clear house upon arrival.

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  14. fermier

    10 months ago

    If the major complaint against some of the contenders is a “lack of managerial experience,” why not interview AAA team managers? They have managerial experience. What’s wrong with them?

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    • gbs42

      10 months ago

      Probably because AAA managers wouldn’t see the White Sox as a promotion.

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      • Rsox

        10 months ago

        I wonder if they’ve called Tire World yet…

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