White Sox announce Zach Bove as new pitching coach, retain Wise as bullpen coach

White Sox hire Zach Bove as pitching coach, replacing Ethan Katz

The Chicago White Sox have hired Zach Bove to be their next pitching coach, the team announced on Tuesday.

Chicago White Sox Hire New Pitching Coach

Zach Bove comes over from the Kansas City Royals to replace Ethan Katz as the White Sox pitching coach in 2026 under second-year manager Will Venable.

White Sox announce Zach Bove as new pitching coach, retain Wise as bullpen coach

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago White Sox have named Zach Bove as their major-league pitching coach, while Matt Wise will return for his third season as the White Sox bullpen coach. Bove, 37, spent the last three seasons as a major-league assistant pitching coach with the Kansas City Royals. In 2025, the Royals ranked sixth in the major leagues with a 3.73 ERA, while allowing the eighth-fewest home runs (171). One of Bove's biggest success stories i…

White Sox hire Zach Bove as new pitching coach

The White Sox announced Tuesday that they've hired Zach Bove as their new pitching coach.The organization also announced that Matt Wise will return for his third season as bullpen coach. Bove takes over for Ethan Katz, who didn't have his contract renewed by the organization.Bove spent the past three seasons as an assistant pitching coach with the Royals. Before joining the Royals, Bove spent the 2019-22 seasons with the Twins as a minor league …

White Sox Name New Pitching Coach, Retain Bullpen Coach

The Chicago White Sox announced another change to their coaching staff, naming Zach Bove as major league pitching coach and reinstating Matt Wise as bullpen coach. Wise is now the lone assistant coach hired by Pedro Grifol still remaining on the White Sox staff after the team declined to renew the contracts of four coaches at the end of September. Those departures included pitching coach Ethan Katz, hitting coach Marcus Thames, first base coach …

White Sox to hire Derek Shomon as hitting coach, Zach Bove as pitching coach

The White Sox are on the precipice of naming their new major league coaching staff under manager Will Venable, with formal announcements expected to begin today. Sources confirm to Sox Machine that the club is preparing to name Marlins assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon as their new hitting coach, and Royals assistant pitching coach/director of major league strategy Zach Bove as their new pitching coach. Shoman and Bove will be replacing Marcu…