White Sox To Hire Walker McKinven As Bench Coac
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2025 1:39 am
White Sox manager revealed during an appearance on Foul Mike Cuellar Jersey Territory today that the club will be hiring Walker McKinven as their new bench coach, per James Fegan of Sox Machine . McKinven has been working with the Brewers for many years, with various titles over his time with that club. He had worked in scouting and coaching roles, with his most recent title being run prevention coordinator. Per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com , McKinven was involved in daily game planning and was also involved in the clubs catcher development. The Brewers have a reputation for maximizing catcher defense, with the most recent example being . He was considered a poor defender with Atlanta, posting -11 Defensive Runs Saved before being traded to Milwaukee. In the two years since, he has been worth +11 DRS. The White Sox are totally remaking their organization at the moment. They just set a modern-day record by losing 121 games in 2024 and cleaned house as that season was playing out. Back in August, they fired manager Pedro Grifol and three coaches, including bench coach Charlie Montoyo. For the final few weeks of the season, took over as interim manager while Doug Si son covered the bench coach job. Venable was recently tapped to be the clubs new skipper and has poached McKinven from the Brewers to fill the bench coach role as the Sox look to emerge from their disastrous season and post better results going forward. Heston Kjerstad Jersey