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SF Giants News: Buster Posey on coaching changes, Harrison Bader's future

Some news from the GM Meetings.
ByNick San Miguel
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San Francisco, CA, USA; Tony Vitello (center) is introduced as the new manager of the San Francisco Giants by president of baseball operations Buster Posey (left) and general manager Zack Minasian at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
San Francisco, CA, USA; Tony Vitello (center) is introduced as the new manager of the San Francisco Giants by president of baseball operations Buster Posey (left) and general manager Zack Minasian at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

With the MLB GM Meetings in full swing in Las Vegas, SF Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey spoke to the media on Tuesday and shared some important information. Let's dive right into what he had to say.

SF Giants news updates from GM Meetings in Las Vegas

Coaching changes

Posey spoke about some coaching changes for the team. Hunter Mense obviously departed to go to the Kansas City Royals organization which Posey said was in order for him to be closer to his family, but there were more changes as Taira Uematsu will be the new first base coach with Shane Robinson being reassigned to a minor league role.

This is very cool for Uematsu as he has been with the organization for years and he actually got to coach first base a little bit in 2026 when Robinson was out due to a personal matter. Uematus will also be the first Japanese-born base coach in MLB history. Maybe he will help the team be better at stealing bases or at least remember how many outs there are.

It was also confirmed that Gary Pettis will return as third base coach and Ron Washington will return as infield coach. That is great news since Washington did a tremendous job with Luis Arraez and helped him into a great defender. As for Pettis, he came in after Hector Borg got reassigned and did a much better job.

Harrison Bader's future

The Harrison Bader scooter saga has not yet reached a conclusion, but Posey said that Bader will remain in the organization and that a joint statement is coming soon. That is somewhat surprising since it really seemed like Bader's tenure with the Giants would be over after he allegedly crashed his scooter into a fire truck late at night and then suspended his payment.

From a baseball perspective it doesn't really make sense to bring him back since Drew Gilbert and Jonah Cox held down the fort in center field more than fine. They bring a lot more to the table than the oft-injured Bader but maybe if the Giants don't have a way out of the money they owe him next season then they don't really want to release him.

That would just send an odd message to bring him back after such an embarrassing incident, but maybe he's learned from it and will be better going forward.

Those are just some of the news nuggets from the GM Meetings but now we will see if the team makes any sort of moves in Vegas.

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