The Chicago White Sox have agreed to hire Venable, who, according to multiple reports, spent the last two seasons on Bruce Bochy’s staff as an assistant manager of the Texas Rangers.

This is Venable’s first managerial job, having last played in the major leagues in 2016. He was part of the interview process before the White Sox ultimately hired Pedro Grifol ahead of the 2023 season.

Venable takes over a White Sox team that finished the 2024 season with the worst record in the modern era of Major League Baseball: 41-121. This broke the 62-year-old record set by the 1962 New York Mets, who lost 120 games in their first season.

In August, the White Sox fired Grifol, who led the White Sox to a 61-101 record in his first season. But after a miserable start to the 2024 season and a 21-game losing streak, the White Sox finally parted ways with Grifol. Grady Sizemore served as the team’s interim manager for the remainder of the 2024 season.