After experiencing a season of 121 losses (41-121), the Chicago White Sox have reportedly reduced their manager search.

According to Jon Heyman from the New York Post, White Sox appear to have three “primary candidates”. The White Sox fired manager Pedro Grifol in August and used former outfielder Grady Sizemore as interim manager for the remainder of the year.

The leading candidates for the White Sox job are reportedly Rangers manager Will Venable and former Angels manager Phil Nevin. and Tigers bench coach George Lombard.

Venable is a guy that White Sox general manager Chris Getz has always liked. It would be interesting to see him take the White Sox job a year after turning down an interview with the Mets.

Lombard, 49, spent six years as a player with the Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays (Devil), Washington Nationals and Detroit Tigers. An outfielder, he hit .220 for his career with eight home runs. He spent the last four years as bench coach for the Detroit Tigers, helping the Tigers advance to the National League Division Series this season.

Before that, he spent five seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a first base coach. He helped Los Angeles win the World Series during the COVID-shortened 2020 season.

As for Venable, he is currently with the Rangers, helping them win a World Series title in 2023.

Before coming to Texas, Venable had worked with the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox since the end of his playing career.

He spent nine years in the big leagues (2008-2016), playing with the Padres, Rangers and Dodgers. He spent eight years in San Diego and is certainly best known there for his career.

An outfielder, he was a lifetime .249 hitter with 81 home runs, 307 RBIs and 135 stolen bases. He stole more than 20 bags in four separate seasons and hit a career-high 22 home runs in 2013.

Nevin spent parts of two seasons as manager (2022-2023) of the Los Angeles Angels. He went 119-149 in 268 games.

He had a 12-year playing career, most notably with the Padres.

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