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 exhibiting that noticed possession transfer on from now-former president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi and exchange him with Posey.
Posey wasn’t the one to initially rent Melvin — no less than 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 correct particular person for the job.
So far 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 a dry spell not too long ago, 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 the top of April however has gone 26-28 since, posting matching 13-14 information in each Could and June.
Current struggles however, Melvin will get the possibility to see issues by 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, below Posey, have signed Willy Adames and swung a surprising 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 totally free company at season’s finish, the 2026 season might see additional adjustments to the core of place gamers at Oracle Park.
“I’m grateful for the chance to proceed main this group,” Melvin mentioned inside right now’s press launch. “I consider in what we’re constructing right here, and I recognize 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 have now plenty of unfinished enterprise this 12 months, and I’m trying ahead to the work forward.”
Melvin at present holds a 1642-1547 document (.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.
