Giants hire Bob Melvin to be new manager, extend exec Farhan Zaidi through 2026: ‘I could not be more excited’

The San Francisco Giants introduced the hiring of Bob Melvin as their new supervisor on Wednesday. Melvin were underneath contract with the San Diego Padres, who granted the Giants permission to talk with him a couple of days in the past. The Padres will not obtain reimbursement in trade for permitting Melvin to go away.

“Bob Melvin is one of the most well-respected managers and people in baseball today,” most sensible government Farhan Zaidi stated in a commentary.

Both Melvin and Zaidi have signed contracts through the 2026 season.

Melvin, 62 this week, will turn out to be the second one Padres supervisor to be employed away by way of the Giants within the ultimate twenty years. The Giants in the past plucked Bruce Bochy from San Diego prior to the 2007 season. Bochy later delivered 3 World Series championships to the Giants group. The Padres are nonetheless in quest of their first-ever World Series name. 

“I could not be more excited to come back to the Bay Area and manage this great organization,” Melvin stated in a commentary. 

Melvin, in fact, performed in 3 seasons with the Giants within the ’80s. Melvin has since controlled in portions of 20 big-league seasons, together with stints with the Padres, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Seattle Mariners. He’s accrued a occupation 51.6% profitable proportion with a 16-23 postseason report. Melvin has garnered a name for buying essentially the most out of his rosters.

Melvin’s predecessor, Gabe Kapler, was once fired close to the tip of the season following a second-half cave in. Across 4 years on the helm, Kapler had led the Giants to only one playoff look. (Kapler has since interviewed with the Boston Red Sox for his or her most sensible baseball operations government place.)

Padres proprietor Peter Seidler expressed hope of maintaining each Melvin and basic supervisor A.J. Preller regardless of what were categorised as an “unfixable” dating. Clearly Seidler did not get his want — even after Preller publicly said that he and Melvin would each go back in 2024.

The Padres are coming off a disappointing 82-80 season. Their struggles in one-run video games ended in an MLB-worst 9-23 mark in the ones contests. No different workforce gained fewer than 10 one-run video games this season. Of direction, efficiency in one-run video games is believed to be in large part the manufactured from random fluctuation, suggesting that Melvin wasn’t most probably to blame for the ones woes.