Giants GM Zack Minasian addresses Bob Melvin’s future after underwhelming season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Zack Minasian has a specific approach to assessing Bob Melvin and the rest of the Giants’ coaching staff as San Francisco’s underwhelming 2025 MLB season nears a close.

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Minasian, in his first year as San Francisco’s general manager under first-year president of baseball operations Buster Posey, revealed his thought process to KNBR’s “Murph and Markus” on Thursday.

“You’re always evaluating it, even with how well you play … as well as the other departments of baseball operations,” Minasian told Brian Murphy and Markus Boucher. “When you have years like this, it pushes you more and more to evaluate all of your departments and how they’re firing, and it makes you really question, ‘Are we good enough here, are we good enough there?’

“I’m probably still at the point of evaluating myself, and what can I do differently, and how can I play my part to get us where we want to go as opposed to anybody else.”

The 78-81 Giants were eliminated from National League playoff contention after Tuesday’s 9-8 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Oracle Park.

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Despite key offseason additions such as Willy Adames and the blockbuster mid-year acquisition of Rafael Devers, San Francisco couldn’t sustain its intermittent stints of success long enough, thus missing the postseason for the eighth time in nine campaigns.

Minasian shared more thoughts about Melvin, San Francisco’s second-year skipper, and the staff amid the team’s disappointing finish.

“There’s always going to be conversations — whether you’re winning or losing, you’re always going to have conversations about your staffing, and how it looks,” Minasian said. “In regards to Bob, he’s a consummate professional, and he really cares about the Giants.

“Beyond that, we’ll just continue to do our work. And as the season ends, we’ll evaluate the team and evaluate our system and our options going forward …”

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Minasian and San Francisco appear to be committed to Melvin after exercising his contract option for the 2026 season in July.

However, changes must be made for the Giants to return to the glory days Posey experienced firsthand as a player.

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