With Bob Melvin gone, what other SF Giants coaching changes are on the horizon?

The SF Giants fired manager Bob Melvin on Monday and a search to replace him has now begun. What does this shakeup mean for the rest of the coaching staff going forward?

In what’s already been a whirlwind “Black Monday” for the San Francisco Giants, questions swirl around the future shape of the coaching staff in the wake of Bob Melvin being relieved of his duties as manager. Not only will the front office led by Buster Posey have to find a new field general for an underperforming team, but vital positions of leadership supporting the new manager will have to be figured out as well.

What SF Giants firing Melvin means for rest of coaching staff

As the Bob Melvin firing can attest to, being liked in the clubhouse does not keep your job safe. Every Giants coach should be considered on the hot seat. Buster Posey has not guaranteed anyone a position on next season’s staff. While no one else besides Melvin has been officially let go, the winds of change behind him have already started to blow as San Francisco Chronicle senior beat reporter Susan Slusser has already indicated that bench coach Ryan Christenson and third base coach Matt Williams have told her they won’t be back.

As Matt Williams was one of the Giants’ most controversial coaches in 2025, fans may be celebrating a change in the third base coach’s box. Similar to the old saying about umpires, when the majority of the fan base knows your name as the third base coach (even if you are a Giants legend), chances are you haven’t been doing a great job. On the other side of the diamond, first base coach Mark Hallberg seems to generate the opposite feelings with fans, some even throwing his name out in managerial talks.

Pitching coach J.P. Martinez has a built-in excuse as both the Giants rotation and bullpen were decimated by trades and injuries in the second half of the season. At the height of their power, the Giants boasted the best bullpen in the majors and the rotation was benefitting from a balance of veterans and young guns. As such, Martinez’s reputation seems to still be fully intact and a new manager could benefit from keeping him on for a sense of continuity.

Pat Burrell is the wild card. The offense was wildly inconsistent throughout the season, often lacking any sort of aggressiveness, and many times giving pitiful run support to a pitching staff trying to carry the team. This race seems too close to call as the Giants flashed times of offensive dominance, but in a season that saw a paltry two months of Willy Adames, an injury plagued Matt Chapman, a lost Rafael Devers after the trade, and inconsistency from lineup stalwarts Jung Hoo Lee, Heliot Ramos, and Patrick Bailey, I don’t imagine that Burrell will be back under the new leadership.

Buster Posey will have his work cut out for him in finding a new manager for his underperforming franchise, and we will see how much control over the staff he gives to his new field general. One thing is for sure, mediocrity will no longer be tolerated.

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