The San Francisco Giants have fired manager Bob Melvin, it has been announced today.
Melvin, who turns 64 next month, was hired by the Giants after the 2023 season. Melvin had been managing the San Diego Padres in 2022-23, but opted to leave to join the Giants for the 2024 campaign, with reports indicating there was some friction between Melvin and the Padres’ front office.
Melvin had been hired to manage the Giants by Farhan Zaidi, who was fired as the team’s president of baseball operations. Buster Posey replaced Zaidi in that role, and it appears Posey wants someone different managing the team. The Giants were 80-82 in 2024 under Melvin and 81-81 in 2025, though that was more or less in line with what objective expectations were for the team those years.
Melvin spent parts of ten sea