Who will be the next manager of the San Francisco Giants?

Following Bruce Bochy's shocking but not shocking announcement that he would retire at the end of the season, the logical question to ask has become: "Who's next?". I did not want to post this the same day because it seemed disrespectful and a bit easy. Bruce Bochy's career is on the verge of legend and I thought it would only take a few days for everyone to lose their memory.

I'm so stupid.

Everyone was ready to move on, but they needed to build their equipment during a day. You've probably seen these ratings posted this morning:

… and the Giants flagship cable channel with their own list of names, as well as Kerry Crowley's account on the subject. And then there was this tweet from Henry Schulman:

That's the idea I had when it all started. This is the most likely conclusion of the future research of the new front office. He is following the trend of seeking "young, cheap and controllable" talent to lead the organization towards future success. Clearly, in the case of a manager, "controllable" means "takes orders based on the analysis without questioning them".

Knowing this, it was quite easy for me to propose a list of potential candidates; but for entertainment, I'm going to use the style of Tracy Jordan's comment and say three serious things, then a joke. Maybe even several jokes.

Candidates obvious

These odds seem to draw from the last twenty years of Giants history. They had definitely become predictable in their acquisition and hiring practices, and overall, the historical trend of baseball was that the open director positions were filled by former directors. I do not expect more than one or two of these names (if any) to be really taken into account.

Previously, managers were climbing the ladder, as players sneaking into the major leagues. Now, teams seem to want people with very little, if any, management experience. Maybe the front-offices are just using the data to have a more open mind on the human resources front or just want the handsome men to execute their ugly plans for platoons, opener and pre-arb contributors who will not not there long enough fans favorites.

I still believe in Farhan Zaidi when he says that Dave Roberts surprised everyone in the Dodgers' office to become their favorite and their eventual choice to replace (hahahaha) Don Mattingly. I believe him when he says (excerpt from Crowley's article):

"From my experience, the best way to end up with the best candidate is to be very open minded and not to engage in the process with preconceived notions or assumptions. favorites. "

We do not know who will be the next GM, and they are sure to have their own name, but for now, here are some obvious considerations.

Terry Francona

Cleveland holds the club's options for the manager for next season, but if they refuse, he seems to be a good candidate to ride the line between "old school" and "new school", which is the path of the slightest resistance for the season. Ticket holders and investors or team supporters who are not afraid to express their concerns or their preferences. He took only 16th place in the MLB standings in Craig Calcaterra's Managerial Handsomeness category. He has failed in the category of the most beautiful faces, but he is a follower of the analytical management and its great success. More importantly, it is a "trademark".

Bob Geren

Former coach of team A and current coach of the Dodgers, Farhan Zaidi knows him very well. He was also on the Dodgers list in 2015. He seems to be a logical candidate because of his connections, especially if the current AGA of Billy Owens of the Association becomes the general manager of the Giants at the end of the season.

I do not remember his particularly strong training as a manager with the A's (he seemed confused at managing the rules of the National League), but after being reprogrammed by the Dodgers' front office, he could be a more flexible candidate for Farhan Zaidi. Needs.

Less obvious

George Lombard

2019 will be his fourth season as coach of the Dodgers' first goal. He is best known to fans of the Giants as the guy who tackled Nick Hundley during the last fight of the Giants-Dodgers.

Farhan Zaidi apparently did not make this decision because of the blue / bad lens, but the arguments in favor of Lombard are:

• Farhan Zaidi has already engaged him,
• He managed A-ball for the Red Sox, which will be important in the next Giants youth movement.
• It would be an interesting ride to the rivalry. Hiring an old Dodger worked previously.

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Mark Kotsay

Currently, the coach of quality control of the Major League of the A, defined by the A:

He will assist Bob Melvin and ML coaching staff in all areas and will also consult with the counter in other areas of the organization.

he almost It sounds like an administrative assistant, but if the Giants hire Billy Owens as the next general manager, someone who understands the shorthand of the reception will be invaluable. This would seem to be a bad choice for Farhan Zaidi because of the green and gold-bad optics, but the points in favor of Kotsay include:

• Farhan Zaidi has already worked with someone who has already hired Kotsay.
• Bruce Bochy was leading it and could perhaps provide a letter of recommendation.
• It would be an interesting ride to the rivalry. Hiring an old Padre worked before:

wildcards

Randy Winn

Currently one of the four special assistants of the Giants general manager, a role that has not yet been filled after Bobby Evans' departure, Farhan Zaidi has the opportunity to get to know the guy this time. year and Randy Winn has the opportunity to repeat that he managed to clinch his extension with the Giants: impress the office world with a very small sample of an amazing performance.

Would Randy Winn even be interested? I do not know this man, but I did not think that Aaron Boone wanted to manage only his Sunday Night Baseball work. The fact that people do not express their goals does not mean they miss them. In addition, I found this downloaded image in the asset storage of the site and it would be a perfect image for an association with a message stating that he was a candidate:

Pablo Sandoval

I think of a scenario in which Farhan Zaidi will remove Pablo Sandoval during spring training, but Pablo blazes Farhan by accepting a minor league mission and staying true to the organization … only to impress the new front office during the season. . The Kung Fu Panda has proven to be a market power, a zaidist-level public service player, and better yet, a talent recruiter. Farhan just needs to get to know him.

Brandon McCarthy

At present, he is special assistant to Jon Daniels, Rangers general manager, after his retirement after the 2018 season; but more importantly, he's good at Twitter, which means that he has a sense of humor and that you need it when you're the handsome face of the team. One of Farhan Zaidi's biggest contracts as General Manager is McCarthy's $ 48 million contract. He also paid his salary to the Braves during the last off season, so I would say that the two men owe a service.

Juan Uribe

The biggest Wild Card of all.

List of Bobby Evans

I do not think any of these guys will really be counted, but it's important to note that they could easily have done without it if Bobby Evans had kept his position.

Hensley Meulens

After the big reshuffle of 2017, when the Giants replaced Hensley Meulens from coach to coach on the bench, Garnt Busbee of The McCovey Cove Chronicles said:

I agree with Nightengale's affirmation that the giants prepare Meulens for Bruce Bochy's work. It was something I had heard from different people and when I asked, "What about Wotus?", I had a variation of ¯ _ (ツ) _ / ¯ both times. The answer is that even though he does not have to be left behind, he does not seem to be spitting. Not enough to leave the organization, anyway.

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The Meulens movement will resonate the strongest in a few years

This shift took place after Meulens became a candidate for multiple job offers, a trend that has somewhat held up during the offseason, while the Reds and Twins have not been successful. interviewed. Now, he might be able to impress Farhan & co. this year too, but I would say that the new front office will probably seek to limit the fallout from the previous era.

Ron Wotus

Poor man. He seems to have been too often taken aback.

Nick Hundley

He could be one of Buster Posey's favorite teammates and a darling of the media, and would likely be the successor to Bruce Bochy, but consider that the Giants have not re-signed this season off, and since He did not retire, it is hard to see. a player jumping directly from a full regular season as a player and in the manager's office.

Someone recommended by Pablo Sandoval

Bobby Evans was very open to all the people that Pablo had recommended and it seems that this notion has stayed a little in the Farhan era.

Who will it really be

I spent a lot of time talking about who could be considered, but let's face it: we already know what the next manager will be. Not a he or she but a thing. Specifically, an artificial intelligence capable of performing real-time regression analysis and recognizing the ineffectiveness of emotions and countering programming parameters. This leaves only one choice.

That's true. I'm talking about a super-computer hosting the brain patterns of Arnim Zola, Hydra's old brain, as shown in the movie. Captain America: The Winter Soldier…

… or something like that.

Think about it: a computer capable of breaking a joke and talking about it impromptu is all that a modern baseball executive wants.

Now, of course, this supercomputer will not look exactly like Winter Soldier. It will be beautiful. Or, at least, the technological equivalent of beautiful. Or maybe robust. Like a cathode-ray TV on a flannel support. You do not want a scary light HAL 9000 or a silly Knight Rider interface, so they will probably split the difference and use this site a little scary / a little silly, This person does not exist, who uses the AI ​​to generate faces – here is a face that appeared during my visit all the time:

Let's call him Al Fakeman. It is easily a 6 or a 7 on the scale of beauty, and if they simply download it to some kind of cartoon software, they can create inflection points and d & # 39; hinge around the mouth, connect the image to a speech processing software and voila. a manager on the screen. Cheap, young (ageless!) And controllable.

Even if I just told you the ultimate winner, who do you still want to see as a candidate?