Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable has officially been named the 2026 American League Manager of the Year after orchestrating one of the most dramatic turnarounds in Major League Baseball history. Venable edged out finalists Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays and Chad Tracy of the Boston Red Sox. Coming off a 60-win campaign in 2025, Venable guided Chicago to a 24-game improvement, transforming the White Sox into the AL’s highest-scoring offense (776 runs) and leading them to a surprising postseason surge through creative bullpen usage and platoon matchups.
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