White Sox hiring Will Venable as next manager in hopes to rejuvenate moribund franchise

The World Series wasn’t the only story in baseball on Tuesday night.After a historically bad 2024, the White Sox are hiring ex-big leaguer Will Venable as their next manager, according to multiple reports.

Contract terms were not immediately clear.The news came just minutes after the Yankees closed out their Game 4 win over the Dodgers at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night.The Post’s Jon Heyman reported last week that Venable, the Rangers bench coach, former Angels manager Phil Nevin and Tigers bench coach George Lombard were among the leading candidates for the job.

Venable, who replaces Pedro Grifol, had a nine-year playing career that included stops with the Padres, Dodgers and Rangers.He has since taken on coaching roles after his playing days, including as a bench coach with both the Red Sox (2021-22) and the Rangers (2022-23).Last fall, Venable declined to interview for the Mets’ then-managerial opening — The Post’s Joel Sherman exclusively reported — before they ended up hiring current skipper Carlos Mendoza.Venable inherits a White Sox team that’s coming off a 121-loss season, which broke the 1962 Mets’ loss record for the worst season in modern MLB history.Now, he will be at the helm as the 44th manager in the team’s history as they look to get things back on track....