It’s been more than a year since Giants skipper Bruce Bochy inked a three-year contract extension with the team, but Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports now reports that the contract earned Bochy a record-setting $6MM annual value. The contract runs from 2017-19 — Bochy was already under contract through 2016 when he signed the deal — and pays Bochy an even $6MM in each of those season. Angels manager Mike Scioscia has the record for the largest contract ever by a manager (10 years, $50MM), and Cubs skipper Joe Maddon’s overall deal is larger than Bochy’s as well (five years, $25MM). Both fall shy of Bochy in terms of AAV, however. The three-time World Series winner and future Hall of Famer has a career record of 820-765 with the Giants and an overall record of 1771-1740 as a Major League manager.
A couple more notes on the Giants…
- Hunter Pence was lifted from last night’s game after experiencing tightness in his surgically repaired right hamstring, per multiple reporters, including Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area. Per Pavlovic, Pence first felt the tightness on Wednesday and it worsened into Thursday’s contest — a near-no-hitter for newly acquired Matt Moore. The Giants have him listed day-to-day at this point, but certainly that’s an ominous ailment for a player that missed more than six weeks due to hamstring surgery earlier this summer.
- Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle hears that it’s going to be tough for the recently signed Joe Nathan to earn a September call-up with the Giants (Twitter link). San Francisco already has a full 40-man roster, he points out, and they’ll need to add a third catcher to the mix as well. The Giants aren’t keen on designating any of their prospects for assignment, he notes, even those that are on the fringes of the 40-man. Nathan has tossed three shutout innings for San Francisco’s Double-A affiliate since signing a minor league deal and tossed a pair of scoreless innings for the Cubs earlier this summer before being designated for assignment and subsequently released.
Wasteful
Why? Do you not feel that a bad manager can undermine excellent talent?
“Future Hall of Famer” – really?
Yes, really. There is no doubt he will be a HOFer.
3 World Series for the Giants…yes HOFer.
Absolutely. 3 WS in 5 years? No doubt.
Every other manager who’s won 3 World Series is in.
Find the idiot the nut house was looking for
Been away from baseball for a while, eh ?
Yes really future hall of fame manager Bruce Bochy. How can anyone argue otherwise
Nathan has done well. I don’t understand how he hasn’t been able to find a major league deal with a contender.
Contenders don’t have much call for 40 yr old right handed pitchers this time of year. If they did, they wouldn’t be contending. It’s Nathan’s choice who he signs with. Maybe he should pick a team with an opening, rather than insisting on being with a.contender. I guess it comes down to whether he wants to pitch next year as well.
I hope Joe Nathan signs a one year deal with the Twins next year to finish up his career. The Twins could contend next year and their bullpen has been very weak as of late, so adding a veteran arm for cheap would not only be helpful to the youngsters who haven’t figured things out yet, but it would also be appealing to fans who loved watching Joe in his prime.
Bruce Bochy very bad manager this year 2016
He was great in 2010. 2012. 2014
Bruce becomes hall of manager to very stupid manager
When are you going to learn not to put Santiago in a tight games especially
The 8 and 9 ??.
15 games to go and Santiago will blow all the games
Come on Bruce