Rick Renteria right man to manage White Sox in next phase, GM Rick Hahn says

A certain proven manager with a World Series ring from across town landed on the open market Sunday, but the White Sox aren’t interested.

They are more than happy with Rick Renteria.

Asked Friday whether there would be interest in hiring Joe Maddon should he become available after the Cubs’ disappointing season, Sox general manager Rick Hahn emphasized the organization’s confidence and belief that Renteria is the right guy to take the rebuilding team to the next level.

‘‘Ricky will be our manager,’’ Hahn said.

Renteria was unceremoniously replaced by Maddon as the Cubs’ manager in 2014, when Maddon unexpectedly became available just as the rebuilding North Siders were getting ready to win. Renteria sat out a season, was named then-Sox manager Robin Ventura’s bench coach for 2016, then replaced Ventura as manager before the 2017 season to lead the rebuild.

‘‘When Ricky was put in that role, it wasn’t with the idea that he was just going to be the right guy for the first stage, the stage that is coming toward an end here or is at an end here,’’ Hahn said at his end-of-season news conference at Guaranteed Rate Field. ‘‘Obviously, the history and teaching and communicating and holding guys accountable is very important now. But even at the time we hired him, we felt he had the ability to not only set the right winning culture but to put guys in the best position to win.’’

At the GM meetings last November, Hahn revealed Renteria had received an extension on his original three-year deal that was to expire at the end of this season. Renteria is known to be signed through 2021.

‘‘His ability to communicate with all 25 or 26 guys on a daily basis, to know where they’re at, to know what they’re capable of doing and putting them in the best position makes us fairly confident that once that roster is deep enough and strong enough, he’s going to be able to maximize the win potential with that roster,’’ Hahn said.

While Renteria wasn’t given the opportunity to select his coaching staff when he was hired, he is thought to be happy with it now. Hahn, however, declined to say everyone on the staff is returning.

‘‘It’s still a little premature on ‘everyone coming back’ conversations,’’ Hahn said. ‘‘We need to sit down and finish up with Ricky the evaluation of where we’re at. When we assembled this staff, we wanted it to be filled with guys with roots in player development, so that they were able to teach our young players and hold them accountable and set standards. And we’re certainly very pleased with how that’s unfolded. We’ll deal with specific staffing issues once the season’s over.’’

NOTE: The Tigers-Sox doubleheader Friday was postponed by rain with the Tigers leading 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning. The teams will play a straight doubleheader starting at 2:40 p.m. Saturday, then will play one game Sunday. That means both teams will play 161 games, one short of a full schedule.