San Francisco Giants fire manager Melvin

Bob Melvin, whose enactment for the 2026 play was picked up successful July, was fired arsenic manager of the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants were precise streaky successful finishing 81-81 this season, teasing fans with playoff hopes aft a 13-3 tally from precocious August into aboriginal September was followed by a 2-9 agelong from Sept. 13-23 to dash those hopes.

"After cautious evaluation, we determined that making a alteration successful enactment was successful the champion involvement of the team," said the Giants president of shot operations Buster Posey. "The past mates of months person been some disappointing and frustrating for each of us, and we did not execute up to our standards. We present crook our absorption to identifying a caller person to usher america forward."

San Francisco hasn't made the playoffs nor had a winning grounds since finishing with a franchise-record 107 victories to borderline the 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League West rubric successful 2021.

Melvin, who turns 64 successful October and has been a large league manager for 22 seasons, near the San Diego Padres aft the 2023 play to instrumentality location to the Bay Area and negociate the Giants -- a occupation helium ever dreamed of doing arsenic a erstwhile catcher with the enactment from 1986 to 1988.

He was brought to San Francisco by Farhan Zaidi, the team's erstwhile president of shot operations. However, with Buster Posey present successful that role, the squad felt compelled to marque a alteration aft struggling against part rivals Los Angeles (4-9) and San Diego (3-10) contempt adding slugger Rafael Devers astatine the commercialized deadline.

Melvin went 161-163 successful his 2 seasons successful San Francisco.

A three-time Manager of the Year who has won the grant successful some leagues, Melvin has a vocation regular-season grounds of 1,678-1,588 with 8 postseason appearances portion guiding Arizona, Seattle, Oakland, San Diego and present the Giants.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.