The Giants’ search for a general manager has been a quiet one thus far, due in no small part to the fact that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi is already fixed at the top of the ops hierarchy. (Indeed, he has operated without a GM since his hiring.) But it’s still an important executive position that offers the San Francisco organization an angle to bring aboard some new talent.
Among the candidates for the Giants GM post is Scott Harris, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). Harris currently serves as an assistant GM with the Cubs — an organization that has quite a few well-titled cooks in the kitchen. That’s not to diminish Harris. The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma profiled him last year in a subscription post, painting him as a hard-working and intelligent rising star in the game.
It seems there are others also under consideration, though identities have yet to be reported. Kerry Crowley of the Mercury News recently ran down some potential candidates. In particular, he noted that A’s GM Billy Owens — Zaidi’s former colleague — has interest in the opening. Owens was said to be under consideration this time last year, but Zaidi decided to go without a clear #2 in his first season at the helm.
It is still not evident what kind of timeline the process will take, or really where it stands at the moment. It seems reasonable to presume that the Giants (and the teams currently employing the candidates) will want to resolve things in relatively short order with the offseason upon us.
We haven’t had a GM since last year and we have known our manager was retiring since April. What in the world is taking so long
I’d imagine teams don’t want their front office personnel discussing job offers in the middle of a season.
The Giants don’t need a guy with experience in the kitchen, thank you very much. Next.
You are correct that the Giants may not need an experienced person for the position but experience does not hurt and should not eliminate him from consideration in any event.
Scott is one of the best in the game. Shut your mouth when speaking about him.
Since you’re so passionate about this guy, I’d really like to know why you consider him one of the best in the game. I’m not familiar with him.
Was hired as Cubs’ Head of Baseball Ops by Theo and Jed at the age of 25. Worked for Torre at MLB prior and is an expert in waivers/transactions. Is a rising star in the Cubs system. Worked for the Nats and Reds front offices out of undergrad. Hails from the Bay Area. Top of the class of new breed front office guys.
Well, I see the joke went over several people’s heads.
Read the article and you’d get the joke.
Irrelevant,Giants take your Time
If he gets hired hopefully he does the right thing and rebuilds. But most of this is on ownership. Baer loves the old guys.