San Francisco Giants dismiss manager Bob Melvin after two seasons

By Tim Fang

The San Francisco Giants have ousted veteran manager Bob Melvin after two seasons, the team announced Monday.

“After meeting with ownership, I met with Bob today to inform him of my decision,” Buster Posey, the team’s president of baseball operations said  in a statement a day after the end of the regular season. “On behalf of the organization, I want to express my appreciation to Bob for his dedication, professionalism, and class. I wish him all the best.” 

Despite a hot start and acquiring sluggers Willy Adames and Rafael Devers, the team struggled in the second half, finishing the year with an 81-81 record and missing the playoffs for the fourth straight season. In July, the team had picked up Melvin’s 2026 club option.

“After careful evaluation, we determined that making a change in leadership was in the best interest of the team,” Posey added. “The last couple of months have been both disappointing and frustrating for all of us, and we did not perform up to our standards. We now turn our focus to identifying a new leader to guide us forward.”    

In a call with reporters, Posey elaborated on what led to the team’s decision to move on. “Unfortunately just the way that we played throughout the course of the year, this is where we ended up. And the hope is that going forward we can get a new voice in the room that can lead these guys to get us back to where we all want to go,” he said.

When asked about what kind of manager he would like leading the Giants, Posey said, “somebody that’s going to be obssesive about the details, obsessive about work, obsessive about getting the most out of our players, getting the most out of our staff, somebody that will inspire confidence in our players on the field, and also all the interactions that happen off the field as well.”

Posey said he had some people in mind as candidates, but did not provide a list of names. 

Bruce Bochy, who managed the Giants to three World Series championships with Posey as catcher, has been considered a potential candidate to return to San Francisco. Bochy faces an uncertain future with the Texas Rangers, after leading the team to the franchise’s first World Series championship in 2023.

When asked about a potential reunion, Posey said he did not know what Bochy’s status was with the Rangers.

Melvin took over managing the club at the end of the 2023 season, replacing Gabe Kapler. In two seasons with Melvin as skipper, the Giants posted a 161-163 record. 

A native of Palo Alto who played baseball at UC Berkeley, Melvin’s playing career included three seasons as Giants catcher in the 1980s. 

Melvin’s managerial career included stops with the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres. Over his career, he won Manager of the Year in 2007 with the Diamondbacks and with the A’s in 2012 and 2018.