After SF Giants fire Bob Melvin, the buck truly stops with Buster Posey now

SF Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey was incredibly bold in his first year on the job. However, after dismissing manager Bob Melvin he is now going to be the one who gets the blame if things go bad with the team.

From signing shortstop Willy Adames to the largest contract in franchise history to landing slugger Rafael Devers in a blockbuster trade, Posey took big swings to try and improve the roster. Ultimately, the results were the same as the prior three seasons with the team finishing at .500 and missing the playoffs.

The buck stops with Buster Posey now for the SF Giants

Melvin proved to be a pretty easy scapegoat. Posey went out and made improvements to the roster and the team remained average even after a hot start to the season. The sloppy play and bad stretches during the summer really reflected poorly on the coaching staff and led to the team selling at the deadline.

A late-season surge could not even save Melvin as the team tapered off at the end and missed the playoffs by just a few games which made the mid-season swoon look even worse.

Ultimately, most people will probably give Posey a pass for his first season in charge. Sure, the results were not much better but he was learning the ropes and inherited a manager from a previous regime.

However, things are going to change now.

Posey is now going to get to hand-select his next manager. He absolutely has to get this choice right because he is the one who will get blamed if things go south now. His stamp has been firmly placed on the roster with the additions of Adames and Devers and now his stamp will be on the coaching staff as well.

Buster has never been one to shy away from accepting blame. When things were going poorly during the 2025 season he was the one who accepted the blame. Firing Melvin is not an attempt by Buster to blame someone else for the team's shortcomings, but he has removed a shield for criticism which is now going to be directed at him.

The roster that Posey has helped construct has the talent to reach the postseason. Perhaps by assembling the right coaching staff Posey can really put the team over the top.

But if that effort fails and the team misses the playoffs, Buster is going to be the one getting blamed, not Melvin.

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