When to expect the SF Giants to make a decision on the front office for 2025

The season is officially over for the SF Giants as they finished with an 80-82 record. They will not be one of the 12 teams to reach the postseason but that does not mean it will be a quiet time for the organization. The Giants will make a decision on their front office in the coming days.

When to expect the SF Giants to make a decision on the front office for 2025

The Giants typically hold an end-of-the-year press conference led by the head of the front office, the manager, or some other combination. Last season, it was Farhan Zaidi taking questions from the media just days after firing Gabe Kapler near the end of his fourth season with the club.

This year's post-mortem press conference could have a much different look. On Tuesday, Giants leadership will meet with the local media members to discuss what went wrong with this season. After investing $250.8 million in this year's roster and only adding one win to last year's total, there is plenty to dissect.

However, that may not be the most interesting detail. The most interesting detail will be who is conducting that press conference. If Zaidi is not apart of it, it likely means that the Giants have decided to part ways and will be looking earnestly for a new head of the front office.

If he is, it means that he will likely be leading the Giants offseason again as he and Bob Melvin head into the final guaranteed years of their respective deals.

The Giants have not made a decision on Zaidi's fate yet, but the general impression is that they will go in a different direction and begin a search immediately.

Zaidi has been with the club since November of 2018. In that time, the Giants have reached the playoffs just once, which was when they set a franchise record with 107 wins. The core of that team was holdovers from the prior regime, but the Zaidi-led front office did well to complement that roster.

Since then, it has been a frustrating three seasons at the helm. The Giants have been stuck in the middle and the win totals show it. They won 81 games in 2022, 79 games in 2023, and 80 games with 2024 coming to a close. The ownership group cannot be satisfied with that return on investment and major changes are needed whether that is with the front office, roster, or both.

Given the results, there is certainly a strong case to move on from Zaidi. The results have not been there and he is directly responsible for those results. If the Giants and him part ways, there is plenty of reason to do so.

That said, for those expecting a more old-school executive, that seems unlikely. Many of today's front offices are run be people with a similar background as Zaidi. The ones that are not are generally seen as being behind the curve. In essence, the Giants could end up replacing Zaidi with someone who shares a similar emphasis on analytics. That is where baseball is today.

On the other hand, there is a much weaker case to keep him in charge. Perhaps, the ownership group is satisfied with the nice bump in attendance as they averaged roughly 32,700 fans per home game this season, up from 30,900 per home game from last season.

On the field, the Giants finally saw a commitment to a youth movement that they really had not seen in a while. Players while Heliot Ramos, Tyler Fitzgerald, Kyle Harrison, and Hayden Birdsong all had some bright moments in 2024. Is Zaidi's plan finally coming to fruition? That is one area Zaidi will have to sway ownership.

Despite the season finally being over, it should be an interesting couple of days for the Giants. By the end of Tuesday, we should know which direction they plan to go with the front office.