White Sox Managerial Search Reportedly Down To Three Finalists

The White Sox are on the hunt for a brand new supervisor and may be getting nearer to a call. Per Bob Nightengale of USA At the moment on X, the three finalists for the job are Rangers affiliate supervisor Will Venable, Guardians bench coach Craig Albernaz and former Angels supervisor Phil Nevin.

As famous by Nightengale, this might make for an attention-grabbing standoff. The Sox are one in every of two golf equipment on the hunt for a brand new supervisor, with the opposite being the Marlins. It was reported yesterday by Barry Jackson and Craig Mish of the Miami Herald that Venable and Albernaz are the 2 finalists for the Marlins gig, so there’s loads of overlap within the two searches.

Nevin, 53, seems to be the one identify on the radar of the Sox however not the Marlins. Jon Heyman of The New York Submit listed him as a candidate a number of weeks in the past and it appears Nevin continues to be within the operating. He’s additionally the one one within the group with earlier managerial expertise. He was working because the Angels third base coach in 2022 when supervisor Joe Maddon was fired. The membership gave Nevin the gig on an interim foundation and finally re-signed him for the 2023 marketing campaign however didn’t lengthen his contract after that.

The membership went 119-149 throughout his time there, however which may not say a lot about his skills as a skipper. The membership additionally posted poor outcomes earlier than he had the job and after he left, which means the poor report is probably going extra a mirrored image of roster building versus a scarcity of dugout management.

After parting methods with the Angels, Nevin interviewed for the managerial emptiness in San Diego however that job went to Mike Shildt and Nevin didn’t land a gig elsewhere for the 2024 season. Previous to becoming a member of the Angels, he spent a few decade within the majors as a participant earlier than pivoting into teaching. He labored in indy ball after which within the minors with the Tigers and Diamondbacks. He then had main league teaching jobs with the Giants and Yankees earlier than touchdown with the Angels.

Venable can be a former participant with loads of teaching expertise. He was a base coach with the Cubs for the 2018-2020 seasons earlier than changing into the bench coach with the Purple Sox. He’s spent the previous two years as affiliate supervisor for the Rangers underneath skipper Bruce Bochy.

He was listed as a candidate for managerial gigs final winter with the Guardians and Mets however reportedly declined to be interviewed as he was pleased with the Rangers. Now it seems that he’s giving extra consideration to a change. Heyman reported yesterday that Venable was in Miami to interview for that gig and a transfer to the South Facet of Chicago appears to be possible as nicely.

Albernaz by no means cracked the majors as a participant, spending nearly a decade within the minors from 2006 by means of 2014. After that, he began his teaching profession within the minor league system of the Rays. Previous to the 2020 season, he was added to the most important league workers of the Giants as bullpen and catching coach. A yr in the past, the Guardians employed him to be their bench coach, working underneath new supervisor Stephen Vogt.

It’s been speculated by some that Albernaz is the favourite for the Miami job, given his historical past with Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix. When Albernaz was teaching for the Rays within the minors, Bendix was working for that membership, finally changing into common supervisor in December of 2021.

Pedro Grifol was fired as White Sox supervisor throughout the latest season and changed by Grady Sizemore on an interim foundation. Sizemore had been recognized as a candidate to take the job extra completely however Nightengale’s report suggests he’s behind this trio of Venable, Albernaz and Nevin.

Loads of different names have been linked to the job however many have reportedly been eradicated from the operating, together with former Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker, Cardinals bench coach Daniel Descalso, Tigers bench coach George Lombard, Rangers bench coach and offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker, Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough and Padres particular assistant A.J. Ellis.

Groups are typically discouraged from asserting large information on days when a playoff sport is going down. Even when the White Sox make a last resolution quickly, it is probably not publicly reported till the World Collection is finished or will get to Thursday’s off-day.