3 members of SF Giants coaching staff now on thin ice after Hector Borg's demotion

After the SF Giants finally decided to move on from third base coach Hector Borg after a series of miscues this season, it makes one wonder what other coaches on the staff are also in danger of losing their jobs at some point.

It seems unlikely the Giants would make a move to mass fire everyone during the season, but this season is certainly trending towards the “off the rails” category and we’ve already seen the Boston Red Sox clean out their entire coaching staff. 

The difference with the Giants is that basically all of these guys are new to the team so to get rid of everyone would be a really bad look for all parties involved.

Still, the Giants are really bad and if things don’t change in a major way it is difficult to see how the Giants simply decide to run it back next season. Here are three members of the coaching staff who are on varying degrees of thin ice.

3 SF Giants coaches who could eventually follow Hector Borg out the door

Justin Meccage

Pitching coach Justin Meccage was not exactly given the best arms to work with in the rotation and the bullpen this year. The rotation has largely been a disappointment and while the bullpen hasn’t been a complete disaster, it is certainly far from a strength.

The Giants as a collective pitching staff have a 4.28 ERA on the year which is good for 20th in MLB. That’s not all Meccage’s fault but if things do not improve the Giants will have to make some sort of change and based on history that probably won’t mean spending more money on the pitching staff, instead it could mean getting rid of Meccage.

Hunter Mense

The Giants hired hitting coach Hunter Mense away from the Toronto Blue Jays. This was a hire many were excited about because of how the contact-heavy Blue Jays fared last season. There was hope Mense could come in and replicate those results but that’s obviously not how it’s worked out.

San Francisco has scored the fewest runs of any team in MLB with 210. Not only that, but some like Grant Brisbee of The Athletic have theorized that may have more to do with the approach and game plan of the offense rather than the talent which would seem to fall pretty squarely on the hitting coach.

It’s obviously not all Mense’s fault as the team’s three highest paid hitters have all been disappointing this year, but he could be yet another fall guy.

Tony Vitello

When the season is going this bad, one can’t help but think the manager might be on the hot seat. Tony Vitello does not deserve anywhere near the lion’s share of the blame for what has gone wrong this season, but if the Giants lose 90-something games as they are on track to do will he even want to come back for year two?

It would be a pretty terrible look for president of baseball operations Buster Posey to fire Vitello after one year but if things get worse and he loses the clubhouse then there may be no other choice.

It’s a bleak place to be when you’re considering mass coaching changes before the start of June but that’s where the Giants are. Coaches tend to get fired after really bad seasons so these guys can’t feel too comfortable.

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