White Sox Hiring Former Cubs Coach Will Venable as Manager

AP Photo/Paul Sancya, FIleDid…did the White Sox just make a really smart move? Long mired in organizational incompetence and fresh off the worst season in MLB history, the South Siders have reached an agreement with former Cubs coach Will Venable to become their next manager. The team has yet to confirm, perhaps due to the understood moratorium on big news during the World Series, but Scott Merkin of MLB.com first reported the hire and other outlets have confirmed it.

This comes as a bit of a surprise because the Sox have a tendency to screw things up and Venable has previously turned down other managerial openings. One might be concerned that taking this gig with Jerry Reinsdorf still in…