The White Sox are anticipated to formally announce their 2025 teaching employees inside the subsequent week, however Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Solar-Instances reviews that the membership will likely be retaining most of its incumbent coaches. When it comes to new faces, first-time supervisor Will Venable will likely be joined by bench coach Walker McKinven (whose hiring was reported by Venable two weeks in the past), director of hitting Ryan Fuller, and a brand new assistant hitting coach whose id has but to be revealed.
Hitting coach Marcus Thames, pitching coach Ethan Katz, assistant pitching coach Matt Clever, first base coach Jason Bourgeois, third base coach Justin Jirschele, and catching coach Drew Butera are all anticipated to return. Grady Sizemore can even return to the teaching employees after serving as Chicago’s interim supervisor when Pedro Grifol was fired in early August. Interim bench coach Doug Sisson and interim assistant hitting coach Mike Gellinger gained’t be returning to these roles, however are anticipated to take different jobs within the group.
Whereas the White Sox didn’t really feel the necessity to completely revamp the teaching employees within the wake of a 121-loss season, it ought to be famous that many of those coaches had been already relative newcomers to the group. Thames, Clever, Bourgeois, and Butera had been all employed simply final offseason, and Jirschele was put in final August when former third base coach Eddie Rodriguez was additionally fired together with Grifol and former bench coach Charlie Montoyo.
There’s actually nowhere to go however up for the White Sox within the wake of the worst season in fashionable baseball historical past, although Venable and his employees can have one other lengthy 12 months forward of them because the Sox proceed their rebuild. Clearly wins aren’t anticipated for now, as Venable and the coaches face the broader problem of serving to develop the staff’s youthful gamers and altering what reportedly turned a poisonous clubhouse tradition.
