After the Giants announced the dismissal of now-former manager Bob Melvin on Monday, plenty of eyes turned to Bruce Bochy’s future with the Texas Rangers given the open vacancy on San Francisco’s top dugout step.
After all, Bochy led the Giants to three World Series titles from that step — and it turns out, he isn’t exactly shutting down the idea of a potential reunion after he and the Rangers mutually agreed to part ways on the same day Melvin was fired.
In an exclusive conversation with John Shea of The San Francisco Standard on Monday, Bochy said he “would always have a conversation with [president of baseball operations] Buster [Posey]” about the Giants, though he’s currently “sorting everything out” after three seasons with Texas.
While Bochy’s mutual separation from the Rangers would make it seem like he’s hanging up his hat — for good, this time — his comments to Shea show he’s at least open to the idea of managing in San Francisco again, though there’s always the possibility of a different role either in the Bay or back in Texas. The Rangers said Bochy can return as an advisor, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Monday.
Posey on Monday told reporters, “We’ve got to get back to a place where we’re getting in the playoffs, we’re making runs in the playoffs. That’s what our fan base deserves. That’s what the city deserves.”
While Bochy is a four-time World Series champion, it’s unclear if he would be the answer, and it’s certainly fair to say he represents the same “old-school” mindset the Giants just parted ways with. Aside from their 107-win 2021 MLB season, the Giants haven’t finished above .500 since 2016, and Bochy finished his last three seasons as San Francisco’s manager from 2017 to 2019 with a .440 winning percentage (214-272).
And, ironically enough, the 2025 Giants under Melvin’s leadership finished with the same record as Bochy’s Rangers at 81-81.
But from Day 1, Posey has said the Giants are in the memory-making business — and Bochy holds the key to some of the best memories in Bay Area sports history, a place where he loved to work.
“You know, I’d probably leave a note telling him he get the best job in baseball,” Bochy said in his final postgame Giants presser back in 2019, when asked what note he would leave for San Francisco’s incoming manager.
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