The Cubs are not the only team playing exceptional baseball in Chicago, and some of the credit for the White Sox's success should go to manager Robin Ventura, whose team owns the best record in the American League at 23-12.

Despite the early success, Ventura’s contract, which expires at the end of the season, is not a public topic of discussion for the time being.

“We’re focused right now on winning tonight’s ballgame and not on personnel decisions pertaining to future seasons,” GM Rick Hahn tells Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. “This club has shown a tremendous team-first focus thus far this season, and it doesn’t deserve any distractions that might take away from our collective goals.”

The 48-year-old Ventura owns a 320-363 record in his four-plus seasons as White Sox manager, and he was widely praised for how he handled the clubhouse in spring training when players threatened to boycott a Cactus League game following the unexpected retirement of Adam LaRoche.