In keeping with the old baseball adage "ya gotta blame somebody!" Giants PoBO Buster Posey fired manager Bob Melvin. Earlier in the year it was reported that the Giants had picked up Melvin's option for 2026. I thought that meant they were giving him one more go-round. Apparently not! Matt Williams (third base) and Ryan Christenson (bench coach) are gone as well. Could be more coaching shake-ups to come.
Buster doesn't like to mess around. He's not very patient. I suppose if you are Rookie of the Year and win the World Series in your first season in the majors you develop a NOW mentality. Buster wants to win NOW.
This team should have done better. I suppose changing the skipper is one way to address that. Posey has made his impact on the team with the big free agent signing of Willy Adames and the blockbuster mid-season trade for Rafael Devers. Now he gets to hand-pick his manager. I'm insanely curious! Who does he think will do a better job?
The Twins fired their manager (Rocco Baldelli), too.
--M.C.
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I thought they should have fired him in August. I got push back from tons of giants fans and pundits. But then when they did not fire him, I thought they would let him start next season, learn from any mistakes, but keep him on a short leash, especially because his teams often start off the season nicely. Just like last year with the Pads they faded later in the season and they were a very talented team. The word I got from a few so called insiders was that the players were all behind him and wanted him to come back, and they did not want him fired. It seems we have a team now with Devers, Adames, Chapman, and maybe Lee, and then a bunch of platoon type players but the players and the fans were not platoon friendly even if it meant more wins. Melvin had just said a few days ago he would be happy to have Verlander back. I wonder at this time, who you think is high on the 2026 manager list for the giants. Adding some key components this year, and not having to throw so many bullpen games, seemed to be a key to perhaps an 86 win season, but it just did not happen. The team took on the persona of the choke every time it seemed they had a good chance to make a run. As you said someone had to receive the responsibility, and at this point, as far as firing goes, it is not Posey. Lets get another top tier pitcher for out rotation, and perhaps another really solid hitter with a modicum of power. The article in the SF paper suggesting we trade Schmitt, Matos, and Ramos, is perplexing to me. These are guys with significant team control, who all have potential power bats. If they do trade one, two, or all of them, they better get a lot more back than they did for Bart.
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