Melvin, 63, is in his second season because the Giants’ skipper after a two-year keep in San Diego and a size 11-year run because the Athletics’ supervisor. He’d beforehand managed the D-backs and Mariners as properly. Melvin’s first season in San Francisco resulted in a disappointing 80-82 displaying that noticed possession transfer on from now-former president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi and substitute him with Posey.
Posey wasn’t the one to initially rent Melvin — at the least circuitously, though Posey was a minority proprietor previous to overtaking baseball ops — however his work with three-time Supervisor of the Yr (as soon as with the D-backs, twice with the A’s) was sufficient to persuade him that Melvin is the appropriate individual for the job.
To date in 2025, the Giants sit 5 video games over .500, at 45-40. That leaves them a sport and a half again within the Wild Card standings however a hefty eight video games out of first place within the stacked Nationwide League West. San Francisco has struggled by way of a dry spell just lately, because the offense has gone chilly and resulted within the Giants dropping 11 of their previous 15 video games. Melvin’s membership began the season 19-12 by way of the tip of April however has gone 26-28 since, posting matching 13-14 information in each Might and June.
Latest struggles however, Melvin will get the prospect to see issues by way of in 2025 and return to handle the membership in 2026, when Posey’s imaginative and prescient for the staff has taken extra maintain. The Giants, underneath Posey, have signed Willy Adames and swung a shocking June blockbuster for Rafael Devers. Matt Chapman’s six-year extension got here when Zaidi was nonetheless president, however Posey reportedly performed a major position in pushing that deal throughout the road after talks had slowed.
With Mike Yastrzemski and Wilmer Flores up without spending a dime company at season’s finish, the 2026 season might see additional modifications to the core of place gamers at Oracle Park.
“I’m grateful for the chance to proceed main this group,” Melvin stated inside immediately’s press launch. “I imagine in what we’re constructing right here, and I admire the boldness that the Giants possession group, Greg [Johnson], Buster, Larry [Baer], Zack [Minasian] and the remainder of the Giants’ group have proven in me and our employees. We’ve a whole lot of unfinished enterprise this yr, and I’m wanting ahead to the work forward.”
Melvin presently holds a 1642-1547 file (.515) in 22 seasons as a serious league supervisor throughout the 5 aforementioned groups. He’s eight wins behind Mike Scioscia for Twentieth-most in MLB historical past and simply 84 behind Buck Showalter for nineteenth.
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