SAN FRANCISCO — A few hours after the Giants parted ways with Bob Melvin, the Texas Rangers announced that Bruce Bochy would not be back as their manager.
The connection was easy to make, but there will be no reunion, Buster Posey said Wednesday. At least not when it comes to this search for a new manager
Posey said he spoke with Bochy earlier this week and let him know that he’s looking in a different direction.
“The door is always open here for some sort of role, but the way I think things are coming into picture in my mind with where we want to go next, I don’t see us going that route with Boch,” Posey said. “Obviously, (I have) a tremendous amount of respect (for him).
“It’s interesting, when I was a player, I didn’t consider Boch necessarily a friend. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, because he had this reverence and respect that he demanded from his players, but now post-playing, I consider Boch a friend and somebody that I know I can pick the phone up and call anytime and ask anything from him. That’s where I’m at.”
Bochy spent three seasons in Texas, winning a World Series in his first year back from retirement but then having two years that were similar to the ones that Melvin experienced. Friends of Bochy believe he would go one more year somewhere given the right opportunity, but Posey indicated that he is looking to hire somebody who can be his long-term partner.
On that front, Posey offered few specifics on Wednesday at his end-of-season press conference. He said he has had conversations with a few candidates already and that work will continue this week, but wouldn’t offer any names or rule anyone out.
A couple of potential candidates could quickly become the choices elsewhere. Skip Schumaker was considered the manager-in-waiting in Texas, and that job now is open. The Los Angeles Angels reportedly are interested in hiring former MLB superstar Albert Pujols, who is ready to try his hand at managing.
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