The San Francisco Giants have gained permission from the San Diego Padres to interview manager Bob Melvin, according to Dennis Lin and Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic. The Giants, who’ve been at the hunt for a brand new manager since firing Gabe Kapler overdue within the season, had to request permission as a result of Melvin stays beneath contract via 2024.
Padres proprietor Peter Seidler up to now mentioned his need was once to retain each Melvin and common manager A.J. Preller regardless of what were labeled as an “unfixable” dating between the 2. Preller, for his section, had showed that Melvin would go back for the 2024 season. Now, Melvin’s long run in San Diego is as soon as once more up within the air.
Per Lin and Baggarly’s report, “Melvin has emerged as the favorite in San Francisco, with league sources indicating that he received assurances he would be a top candidate before he agreed to participate in the interview process.”
Melvin, 62 this week, has served because the Padres skipper the final two seasons. Whereas he loved a a hit first yr in San Diego, he led the Padres to a disappointing 82-80 mark this season. It wasn’t all Melvin’s fault because the Padres posted a MLB-worst 9-23 file in one-run video games. No different crew completed with fewer than 10 victories in that more or less recreation in 2023.
Prior to becoming a member of the Padres, Melvin spent 11 years with the Oakland Athletics. He gained 52.8% of his common season video games with the Athletics, incomes a name for getting essentially the most out of his rosters.
If the Giants do rent Melvin, it is going to mark the second one time within the final 20 years San Francisco has plucked a skipper from their department competitors. The Giants employed Bruce Bochy clear of the Padres prior to the 2007 season, and Bochy would ship 3 World Series titles to San Francisco.