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 effectively. 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 change 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 12 months (as soon as with the D-backs, twice with the A’s) was sufficient to persuade him that Melvin is the proper particular person for the job.
Up to now 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 via 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 via the tip of April however has gone 26-28 since, posting matching 13-14 data in each Might and June.
Current struggles however, Melvin will get the possibility to see issues via in 2025 and return to handle the membership in 2026, when Posey’s imaginative and prescient for the workforce 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 big position in pushing that deal throughout the road after talks had slowed.
With Mike Yastrzemski and Wilmer Flores up without cost company at season’s finish, the 2026 season may see additional modifications to the core of place gamers at Oracle Park.
“I’m grateful for the chance to proceed main this group,” Melvin mentioned inside immediately’s press launch. “I consider in what we’re constructing right here, and I respect the arrogance 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. Now we have a number of unfinished enterprise this 12 months, and I’m trying ahead to the work forward.”
Melvin presently holds a 1642-1547 document (.515) in 22 seasons as a significant 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.
