The Giants are moving on to the next phase of their search for a new manager, and third base coach Ron Wotus has been informed that he is no longer under consideration for the position, according to a tweet from Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic (link).
Recent updates on San Francisco’s hiring process included word of Astros bench coach Joe Espada receiving a second interview on Thursday. Aside from Wotus, who has coached with San Francisco since 1998, the team is said to have held interviews with Royals quality control coach Pedro Grifol, former Phillies manager Gabe Kapler, Athletics quality control coach Mark Kotsay, Giants bench coach Hensley Meulens, Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro, Cubs first base coach Will Venable, and Espada. It stands to reason that more candidates are due to be removed from consideration in the club’s “next phase”.
With so many names in their reported initial interview pool, Giants beat writer and San Francisco Chronicle scribe Henry Schulman recently opined that the team seemed unlikely to make a decision before the first week of November.
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I figured it was just a courtesy interview for Wotus and Meulens.
Big mistake…..Wotus was the best candidate
Do you think when he was growing up he every dreamed of becoming President so people would call him POTUS Wotus?
Or maybe the Supreme Court so people would call him SCOTUS Wotus?
Or FLOTUS Wotus?
What does FLOTUS stand for?
first lady of the us
Baby Talk
I wouldn’t consider the Giants’ hitting coach to manage a T-Ball team. Short of this July, the team hasn’t hit for three years.
It’s down to Kotsay & Kapler
I hope they hire Gabe Kapler. Who could be any better?
Kapler is perfect. They’d be lucky to get him
Kapler?Really?
Speaking as a Padres fan, I hope they go with Kapler
I’m not a fan of Kapler in the slightest. I’m hoping it’s Kotsay or Espada
Kotsay Muelens. Espada wild card. . .
I don’t think they know enough about Espada yet to make a call on him. I think Kotsay would be the safe pick from the outside. But I don’t see him as a long term fit.
Muelens would be super safe. But I think he’d be more of a hold over as the contracts come off the books. And better candidate’s become available over the next few years. . .
This isn’t Conner Joe, Mike Gerber of managing. Once he’s hired it’s for the year. And I don’t see a whole lot of building with these candidates…
My guess, Farhan is going to do something outside the box, But upper management is going to make sure there is carry over to build a contending ballclub for tickets sales…
I voted Muelens if the other managers aren’t right. Or a good fit, For Now.!
But I don’t think there’s enough to judge them on. I’d probably give Kotsay. And build him up. I think Espada is too much of an unknown. He’d take a few years to build up like Kotsay as the roster changes over… Unless Farhan goes full Dave Roberts fully with Espada, And controls Everything… That might be Farhan’s Downfall…
Farhan has to toe the line. Plus he’s in the search for a GM. !
I think Kapler made weird moves during his tenure with the Phillies but I also, especially after reading a story about him on The Athletic, feel as if he does has plenty of upside. Personally, I think taking a step back from being a clubhouse manager and going into an assistant role for a season or so under a real contending team would be just the think he needs. He’s young, quite analytical and clearly very driven. If he can fine tune that excitement and have more peers on the same page (which he didn’t so much in Phili) I think he’ll be an exceptional manager.
Giants would be lucky to land Kapler. Ex ball player. Grinder. Won a championship w/ Boston in 2004. Managed a Minor league team for Boston. Director of player development in Los Angeles . Was a favorite for Dodgers managerial job before Roberts. Smart guy who devours information. And he’s fluent in ‘ball player speak’ . For a team like San Francisco that’s rebuilding and trying to go young he’s perfect.
JayRyder
You’re merely projecting your own lack of knowledge about Espada. I’m sure baseball people know him very well and have followed his work with the Yanks and Houston.
He’s most likely the leading candidate, giants just waiting for the PS to end.
Thank god they never seriously considered Wotus. Same with Meulens. These guys just reek of the past. Like an old calendar, they’re worthless as far as Zaidi is concerned. He’s trying to build a new culture.
So, Wotus was part of a coaching staff that just booked it’s 3rd consecutive losing season and you want Zaidi to reward him for that by giving him the managerial job
I’m glad to see sane Giants Fans out there. The Classy, Conservative bunch are too much at times. Seeing all these posts that Wotus should have been the manager are scary. Do some Giants Fans really want the same product of the last 3 losing seasons?
You guys never so much as glanced at their roster over the past few seasons. No manager or coaches could have coaxed more out of them. A couple of ignorant wannabe smart guys here. Or just haters. Either way.
“Hater” troll, forever giant, classy fan, wants it to be like it was 1960 something confirmed. No further explaining in necessary. Always a delight when the classy fans show up.
Too many question marks concerning Kapler’s tenure in Philly raise questions although lots of folks didn’t want him fired. Of all the candidates, Espada seems to stand out. Bench coach on a winning team that is up-to-date with analytics and solid coaching. Same with Quattro. I’m guessing Espada.
Games are won and lost by the players. Managers get to much credit when they win and to much blame when they lose..