fired manager Bob Melvin<\/a>, marking three consecutive years in which teh team has fired someone in a prominent leadership role.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen seasons don\u2019t go the way you want them, it\u2019s never one person\u2019s fault. It\u2019s never one group\u2019s fault,\u201d said president of baseball operations Buster Posey on Monday. \u201cBut when they don\u2019t go the way you want them, you can\u2019t, in my opinion, sit there and say, \u2018We\u2019re going to come back and do the same thing that we did this year for the next year. Having said that, that\u2019s part of why we landed where we landed.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, who will Posey select as Melvin\u2019s successor? Posey said on Monday that he\u2019s \u201cpretty open\u201d and already has candidates in mind, adding that there is no set timetable on hiring a manger. He also plans on drawing his from experiences with former managers Bruce Bochy and Gabe Kapler \u2014 two starkly different leaders \u2014 as he goes through the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, age is somewhat irrelevant. The experience part, you can have different takes on that,\u201d Posey said. \u201cI\u2019d say what I want \u2026 is somebody that\u2019s going to be obsessive 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here are six potential candidates to become the Giants\u2019 newest manager:<\/p>\n
Skip Schumaker
Schumaker, 45, will be one of baseball\u2019s most sought-after managers. He spent two years leading the Miami Marlins in \u201923 and \u201924, posting an overall record of 146-178. He won 2023 NL Manager of the Year after guiding the Marlins to a surprise playoff berth, then elected not to return as manager after the team went 62-100 in his second season.<\/p>\n
Schumaker spent this past year with the Texas Rangers serving as a senior advisor to president of baseball operations Chris Young, but it\u2019s not difficult to imagine Schumaker managing again in 2026.<\/p>\n
Mark Hallberg
Hallberg, 39, jumps out as the most viable replacement for Melvin among the Giants\u2019 internal options despite having no experience managing in the majors. Posey and Hallberg were roommates at Florida State, and Posey has been vocal about his belief that Hallberg will be a major-league manager at some point.<\/p>\n
Since 2020, Hallberg has held several roles on Kapler and Melvin\u2019s coaching staffs, serving as first-base coach over the last two seasons. When Posey was asked about Hallberg on Monday, Posey said he plans to \u201ckeep all my names tight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bruce Bochy
There has been no shortage of fans clamoring for the Giants to re-hire Bochy, whose contract with the Rangers ended at the conclusion of this season. Bochy\u2019s legacy in San Francisco is already cemented in stone after leading the team to three World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\n
For all Bochy, 70, accomplished in the Bay Area, a reunion doesn\u2019t likely doesn\u2019t make a ton of sense for either party. Posey said \u201cit\u2019s not ideal\u201d to have this much turnover among its leadership ranks, and it\u2019s hard to imagine Bochy being a long-term solution at manager.<\/p>\n
Craig Albernaz
Albernaz, 42, served as the Giants\u2019 bullpen and catching catching instructor during all four years of Kapler\u2019s tenure in San Francisco before joining the Cleveland Guardians (alongside Kai Correa) ahead of the 2024 season. After serving as Stephen Vogt\u2019s bench coach in \u201924, Albernaz was elevated to associate manager in \u201925.<\/p>\n
Albernaz was a finalist when the Marlins and Chicago White Sox had managerial vacancies, but he elected to return to work under Vogt with the Guardians, who have made the playoffs for a second straight year.<\/p>\n
Nick Hundley
Hundley, 42, has a prior relationship with Posey, having served as his backup catcher in \u201917 and \u201918. He, like Schumaker, currently works for the Rangers\u2019 front office, serving as a special assistant to the general manager.<\/p>\n
Hundley, the 2017 Willie Mac Award winner, was in attendance on Friday when shortstop Willy Adames was named the 2025 Willie Mac Award winner<\/a>, and it\u2019s not implausible to think that Posey gauged Hundley\u2019s interest in managing.<\/p>\nRocco Baldelli
Similar to Melvin, Baldelli was fired on Monday despite having his option picked up for the 2026 season. Baldelli, 44, spend six seasons as the Twins\u2019 manager, ending his tenure with a 527-505 record, guiding the Twins to three postseason appearances and winning the 2019 Manager of the Year.<\/p>\n
Minnesota lost 92 games in Baldelli\u2019s final year, the most he\u2019s accrued in a single season as manager, though that lowly record can be attributed to the Twins\u2019 fire sale at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n
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