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Ventura declines comment on expiring contract
- Updated: September 29, 2016
CHICAGO — Robin Ventura’s contract as manager of the White Sox ends Sunday with his team’s last pitch against the Twins.
According to a USA Today report Wednesday, it’s up to Ventura as to whether his tenure on the South Side continues. The story, citing an unnamed high-ranking White Sox official, stated that White Sox have decided to retain Ventura and will sign him to a new deal if Ventura wants to return.
General manager Rick Hahn, who is expected to meet with the media on Monday after the season ends, did not comment on the report.
Ventura is completing his fifth season at the helm of the White Sox and has a 373-432 record. The White Sox finished over .500 in 2012 and stood atop the American League Central for 117 days, ultimately unable to hold the lead in September that year. Unless the team wins out, it will finish with its fourth-straight losing season.
Ventura was aware of the …
