Phil Nevin is joining the White Sox after all. The former Angels skipper was one of three finalists to fill Chicago’s managerial opening this offseason, but the job ultimately went to Will Venable. However, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the White Sox are hiring Nevin to be a special assistant in their player development department. Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times notes that Nevin’s hiring is not yet finalized, but it should be made official sometime next month.
Nevin, 53, played for 12 seasons between 1995 and 2006, suiting up for the Astros, Tigers, Angels, Padres, Rangers, Cubs, and Twins. He then coached and managed in the minor leagues for the Tigers and Diamondbacks before earning his first big league coaching job with the Giants in 2017. After one season as San Francisco’s third base coach, he left to work the same job for the Yankees, coaching third base in the Bronx from 2018-21. Nevin began the 2022 season as the third base coach for the Angels, and he took over as interim manager following Joe Maddon’s dismissal that June. The Angels removed the interim tag and brought Nevin back as skipper in 2023, but following another disappointing season, they chose not to offer him a contract for 2024.
Nevin was a finalist for the Padres managerial job that winter, though he lost out to Mike Shildt. He was also reportedly a candidate to be the Mets’ bench coach, though it’s not clear how seriously the Mets considered him for the role. The job went to John Gibbons not long after Nevin was reported to be a candidate.
Thank goodness I don’t have to watch this guy lose his temper and then blow the game for his team anymore.
He’ll be the new Sox manager by June.
Nope
Considering how few times the Sox have ever dumped a manager in mid-season, I would say not likely.
Dumb team hires a dumb man. News at 11.
Its an outside voice, and progress for a team which definitely needs some.
An outside voice doesn’t necessarily equal progress.
Special assistant in charge of being ejected for no good reason.
Glad cutch resigned with PGH hope he’ll sign this year love to get that autograph…. on another thought seeing what took to get Naylor wonders what Pirates offered?? What did we offer for Lowe??????
Mixed reviews I see…but I think he is a good coach and manager…his bullpen sucked when he managed tbe Angels…complete Dumpster Fire…no wonder why he was mad…but I think he will help the Sox…good hire
Agree, he had an Angels team devastated by injuries in contention into August. I hope he will manage again.
Replacing Maddon with Nevin was a big mistake. He was too inexperienced. Perry should have got better players instead of firing a good manager with playoff experience, Instead he hired someone who lead his team into a fight where injuries and multiple ejections caused a big dent in the Angels season. Nevin is not a good manager, although he is a nice guy.
All hail the Mute button!
A guy a lot of people if not love to hate, love to dislike.
But I am glad to see Nevin back in the game.
It’s not just any ball player who can call out a GM for the dimensions of a ballpark right after a home run that wasn’t.
Him and Klesko led that charge… It kept us fans occupied 😀
Collecting catchers and managers
Wonder if he is the bitter managerial candidate who didn’t get the plum job but a supporting one instead and will use his new role to attack the team from within, driven by his rage at being passed over to manage and trying to get even against those who done him in.
Phil “Frank Castle” Nevin
Nothing move by a team going nowhere. I mean wasn’t this the title of Getz when he joined the Sox? Sorry I was wrong, it was his title with KC minus the ‘special’ He was ‘director’ of player development with the White Sox and did so well.. cough..
The White Sox can only attract the people they can. Not many with any real future probably want to have their career buried by ownership whims.
Looking at Phil Nevin’s stats reminds me how crazy late 90s and early 00s baseball was.
Dude hit .306/.388/.588 41HR 126RBI while playing 3B and it wasn’t particularly memorable. 21st place in MVP voting.
Then again Larry Walker hit .350/.449/.662 over 142 games and finished even farther down ballot…
Nevin had the misfortune of having that stat line the same year Bonds hit 73.
That’s gotta be a top 5 finish hitting-wise among Padre third basemen.
Not that Nevin gets credit for it, but he willingly moved to first base so Sean Burroughs could take over at third.
It’s fair to say the home run totals dropped significantly. (RIP Sean. Good guy.)