The regular season is over and the players are packing up to go home. But that isn’t the only thing that comes with the end of the season…managers losing their jobs.
The San Francisco Giants have released manager Bob Melvin after only two seasons with the team.
Melvin was released even though he has another year remaining on his contract after the Giants failed to make the playoffs.
Midway through the season, Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey picked up the 63 year old Melvin’s third year option; but after a disappointing second half of the season, the Giants organization chose to move in a different direction and have released Melvin.
Under the direction of Bob Melvin, the Giants had a two year record of 161 wins with 163 loses; this year they finished at .500 with 81 wins and 81 losses.
Speaking on Melvin, Buster Posey said, “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Bob Melvin. I watched him before I was in the league. I competed against him for years and always enjoyed competing with him. Unfortunately, the way that we played throughout the course of the year, this is where we ended up. The hope is, going forward, we can get a new voice in the room that can lead these guys to get us back to where we want to go.”
Before joining the Giants front office, Posey spent his entire playing career behind the plate as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants. Drafting the Golden Spikes Award winner fifth overall from Florida State University, Posey helped the Giants win three World Series. The award for the Best Collegiate Catcher now bears his name.
Posey noted, “when seasons don’t go the way you want, it’s never one person’s fault. It’s never one group’s fault. But when they don’t go the way you want them, in my opinion, you can’t sit there and say, ‘We’re going to come back and do the same thing that we did this year for the next year.’ That’s part of why we landed where we landed.”
A native of Menlo Park, California; Melvin was the catcher for the Giants from 1986 to 1988. A veteran of 22 years as a big league manager, Melvin is a two time Manager of the Year and has coached for the Giants, Padres, Athletics, and the Diamondbacks.
Speaking on releasing Melvin, Posey said, “it wasn’t enjoyable. I knew how much this job meant to Bob. He’s somebody that I’ve admired as a manager for a long time. It was not something that I was looking forward to doing. Bob was extremely gracious. He cares about this organization. He cares about the players. He wants to see them be successful.”
On who will replace Melvin, Posey said, “I have ideas. I have people in mind, but I’ll keep that to myself.”
The San Francisco Giants were not the only team who is making a managerial change; the Minnesota Twins have released manager Rocco Baldelli who has been with the team for seven years. The Twins finished the 2025 season with a record of 70 wins and 92 loses.
The record put the Twins second from the bottom in wins this season in the American League and fourth overall in Major League Baseball.
President of baseball and business operations for the Minnesota Twins Derek Falvey spoke on Baldelli saying, “over the past seven years Rocco has been much more than our manager. He has been a trusted partner and teammate to me in leading this organization. Together we shared a deep care for the Twins, for our players and staff, and for doing everything in our power to put this club in the best position to succeed. Along the way we experienced some meaningful accomplishments, and I will always be proud of those, even as I wish we had ultimately achieved more.”
The Twins made the postseason three times in his seven years and has a record of 527-505 – the third highest in Twins history.
Falvey added, “this is a difficult day because of what Rocco represents to so many people here. He led with honesty, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to our players and staff. He gave himself fully to this role and I have tremendous respect and gratitude for the way he carried himself and the way he showed up every single day.”
He continued, “this game is ultimately measured by results, and over the past two seasons we did not reach the goals we set. I take personal responsibility for that. After discussions with ownership, we determined that this is the right moment for a change in voice and direction. This decision is not a reflection of Rocco’s effort or leadership. It reflects where we are as an organization and the belief that a different voice is needed to help us move forward.”
Baldelli spoke on the team saying, “we know what our record is and we know that we didn’t hit the expectations that we were looking for but we were able to watch our guys work their tails off from beginning to end. We treated this game like it was any other very important game that we’re getting ready for.”
He continued, “you couldn’t tell the difference and that’s not necessarily always the case in every season, whether the season goes great or not. The guys really put it out there from beginning to end, and I think this last road trip shows what these guys are all about, what this locker room is all about and guys handled it the right way.”
Minnesota will begin their search for a new manager.