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The San Francisco Giants fired veteran manager Bob Melvin one day after the 2025 MLB regular season ended.

Melvin’s 2026 option was picked up in July, but the Giants opted to move in a different direction.

San Francisco finished 81-81 this year, hovering on the edge of playoff contention. Despite a 13-3 surge in August, the club faltered in September and slipped out of the race.

"After careful evaluation, we determined that making a change in leadership was in the best interest of the team," Buster Posey, the Giants’ president of baseball operations, said Monday, via ESPN . "The last couple of months have been both disappointing and frustrating for all of us, and we did not perform up to our standards. We now turn our

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