White Sox hire Will Venable as next manager

The World Series wasn’t the only story in baseball Tuesday night.

After a historically bad 2024, the White Sox are hiring former big leaguer Will Venable as their next manager, according to multiple reports.

The terms of the contract were not immediately clear.

The news came minutes after the Yankees closed out their Game 4 victory 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 Rangers (2022-23).

Last fall, Venable declined to interview for the Mets’ then-management opening — The Post’s Joel Sherman reported exclusively — before they ended up hiring current skipper Carlos Mendoza.

Venable inherits a White Sox team coming off a 121-loss season, breaking the Mets’ 1962 losing record for the worst season in modern MLB history.

Now he will be at the helm as the 44th manager in team history as they look to get things back on track.