Bob Melvin has left the
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Melvin managed the Padres for two seasons, reaching the 2022 NL Championship Series but then missing the playoffs this season with a $258 million payroll, the third highest in the majors. He will replace Gabe Kapler, who went 79-83 this season.
Melvin is returning to the Bay Area, where he grew up, played for the Giants and then managed the Oakland Athletics from 2011 to 2021. He went 171-153 with the Padres and will enter his 21st season as a manager next year with a career record of 1,517-1,425 in stints with Arizona, Seattle, Oakland and San Diego.
Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi had hoped to find a manager by the start of free agency to replace Kapler, who was fired after going 295-248 over three-plus seasons and leading San Francisco to a franchise-record 107 wins in 2021.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
