The leading candidates for the White Sox job are believed to be Rangers bench coach Will Venable, former Angels manager Phil Nevin and Tigers bench coach George Lombard.
Venable is a guy White Sox GM Chris Getz always liked. Would be interesting to see him take the White Sox job a year after turning down the Mets for an interview.
(The Mets did great with Carlos Mendoza, anyway.)
They’ve considered Buck Showalter, too. He’s known as being a turnaround artist, but it’s uncertain if he’d go.
Turns out Jose Iglesias was unavailable in Game 6 of the NLCS due to the extreme flu. He spent hours in the hospital getting IVs.
Iglesias was a big part of the Mets’ run. Signing him back makes perfect sense (though they have many 2B options).
The Mets’ biggest mistake wasn’t using Kodai Senga (they may have had little choice there) but not getting to L.A. a day earlier, as they seemed off in Game 1 date vs. Jack Flaherty. For whatever reason, they weren’t themselves. …
Bad World Series reminder for the Red Sox: Mookie Betts and Alex Verdugo face off this World Series.