10:38am: San Francisco has also considered Pirates assistant general manager Kevan Graves for the GM post, Rosenthal tweets. Graves is currently serving as the Pirates’ GM on an interim basis after the firing of longtime general manager Neal Huntington late last month, however, and Rosenthal notes that he’s a candidate for both positions.
8:33am: The Giants are considering Pete Putila in their search for a general manager to serve under president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). Putila presently serves as the Astros’ director of player development.
Putila becomes at least the second known candidate for the opening, though it’s possible to surmise at least one more. As Rosenthal reported yesterday, and we discussed here, Cubs assistant GM Scott Harris is known to bee under consideration. And it appears likely that Athletics AGM Billy Owens has at least been contemplated in some manner, though the current status there is not known.
It remains entirely unclear when a hiring decision will be made. As noted yesterday, the Giants are likely planning to do so before long, given that the offseason market is now open for business. At the same time, the team doesn’t face much pressure from the executive market since most other teams are not hiring a #2 baseball ops exec at the moment. (The Pirates are still engaged in a search for their top job, which certainly could have an impact.)
Putila has helmed the Astros’ farm system for over three years now, overseeing a key component of one of the game’s most recently successful organizations. He brought a varied background to that role after five prior seasons with the Houston club. Whether or not Putila is picked up by the Giants, his involvement in this process makes him only the latest of many Astros executives to draw interest from other outfits.
You gotta be kidding me Pete Putila? You should pin this to the top so it remains breaking news forever
That’s right!!! We forgot you can do better. Best wishes to you
Scott Harris? Pete Putila? I never heard of most of these guys. Mitchell Friedman??
Most of these guys are past their prime.
Most of these guys never had a prime.
This guy right here is dead!
CROSS him off then!
Harris is 31 years old. Get your facts straight. One of the youngest, brightest and hard-working in the game. Check the resume before you pass judgement…
You just quoted the exact words from the article on Harris that was posted on Trade Rumors. All you did was “check the article” here. Doesn’t sound like you “checked the resume” either.
The article you reference discussed the background and qualifications of Scott Harris. That qualifies as his “resume” on this site.
What did you check? Do you have something to offer to the discussion or is your point someone needs to have a physical paper resume? What was your point?
Oh look… it’s the guy that knows everything about everything, but knows NOTHING. Keep being you, big guy
Children
please!
Excellent ripping, key. Nice!
Ahh Harris uses crisco, bardol, vagisil and even rubs jalapeno on his nose to get his nose running.. They all give you 2-3 inches drop on your curve. Someday, you will too!
Are you serious or is that sarcasm?
Putila is 30 years old and has run player development for the Astros for the last 3 years. He is one of the great young minds in baseball.
Scott Harris is 32 years old and has already spent 5 years as the director of baseball ops for the Cubs and then assistant GM for 2 years.
Graves is 39 years old and the interim GM of the Pirates. He has spent the last 4 seasons as an assistant GM.
These guys are all just coming into their prime. Great candidates. Whether it’s in San Francisco or somewhere else, Putila will get a GM job soon..
Koamalu – we were using movie quotes from Major League. Wow you are not bright. Take a few days off. For the sake of the rest of the folks on this thread. Relax.
So you were being sarcastic. Thank you.
I am here to talk serious baseball. Apparently you aren’t bright enough to do that so you quote bad movies. At least I know not to respond to what you say.
Just so everyone knows, Koangry-man is ONLY here to talk “SERIOUS” baseball. NO FUN ALLOWED! Carry on
Ko, you are real loser. Is this direct and serious enough context for you?
Bet you’re the life of any party.
Koamalu is Pads Fans
Koamalu your level of baseball is mediocre, at best. When you trip up, and you inevitably will, you will not be ready.
Until then, have a laugh. Your life needs it.
No thanks on any Cubs front office guys. They have made poor decision after poor decision on the free agent front. They had a good run with prospects, but between calling them up and trading them away, even that is drying up.
I understand but in reality Theo has the final say. Harris is just one of many assistant GM’s with the Cubs. You do not really know his position on some of the moves and decisions made. So that of course goes both ways. Maybe he was on board with the bad ones b it you just never know.
You have had about a year to figure this out, and almost as long to think about who the next manager should be. How long does this decision realistically need to take?
Aren’t FO folks under contract with rules governing talking to them?
Yes they are under contract. Yes there are rules. They need permission to talk. Permission from the team that has the person under contract.
When a promotion is involved permission is easily granted.
Teams probably don’t want their FO guys talking to other teams while the season is on going.
I’d bet almost anything Zaidi and Co. had a good short-list of candidates they wanted to explore. But it’s probably not wise they hire a guy within days of the season ending, either. They want to hire the right candidate.
Whatever any of these guys do should be rebuilding