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Latest On Bob Melvin’s Future

By Connor Byrne | April 2, 2021 at 7:39pm CDT

There is a chance that this will be longtime manager Bob Melvin’s last season at the helm of the Athletics. This is the final guaranteed year of Melvin’s contract, which includes a team option for 2022, and he and general manager David Forst have publicly addressed his status this week.

“His option at this point is more a function of what he wants to do rather than what we want,” Forst said Wednesday, per Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle. “He’s earned that right. So that will be the conversation we have going forward.”

Melvin, however, wants to stay in Oakland. The Bay Area native said Friday (via Kawahara): “I have no desire to go anywhere else. I’m perfectly happy here and my bosses have taken good care of me here. So that’s where I stand on it.”

At this point, it’s hard to imagine the Athletics wanting to cut ties with Melvin, who has held the reins since 2011 and led the small-budget team to a 767-689 regular-season record with six playoff berths. Melvin, previously a skipper with the Mariners and Diamondbacks, has won Manager of the Year honors three times – including with Oakland in 2012 and ’18.

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  1. Luc (Soto 3rd best in the game)

    1 year ago

    Good career and great manager

    Reply
    • Al Hirschen

      1 year ago

      Hope he’s not the next Mets mgr

      Reply
      • davidk1979

        1 year ago

        Hi Al

        Reply
        • Al Hirschen

          1 year ago

          ✌️How’s life in the FREE world

      • Unicorndog

        1 year ago

        Yeah, I’ve heard him often say he loves the Queens weather much more than the Bay Area. He’s stoked for the Mets job!

        Reply
        • Oldschoolandthemets1980

          1 year ago

          I love sarcasm, but remember money talks, it makes people not care about the weather and such things. My absolutely wish would’ve for Buck Showalter but Bob Melvin would do as well, either way I have a feeling if we dont go deep this year, uncle Stevie will have someone else running the dugout.

        • Al Hirschen

          1 year ago

          Buck Showalter should be the next Mets Mgr.

        • Yankee-4-Life 75

          1 year ago

          @Unicorndog- lol. Hearing if the A’s sign Yoenis Cespedes, Melvin will re-sign for 10 more years to manage in Oakland? Wherever Melvin goes Yoenis will be there.

        • Dutch Vander Linde

          1 year ago

          I don’t want Buck Showalter near the Mets. He’s an ass and does a lot of complaining on the field.

        • bigguccisosa300

          1 year ago

          Man Ive been wondering where Dutch went, aren’t you like 200+ yrs old by now??

        • Dutch Vander Linde

          1 year ago

          Hey at least I’m better looking than John Marston.

  2. baseballconnoisseur21

    1 year ago

    Bob Melvin is one of the best managers in the sport and I couldn’t be happier that he is our head coach. He’s been the perfect guy for us since he came in 2011. I’m not looking forward to the days he’s not our head coach.

    Reply
    • paddyo875

      1 year ago

      Head coach?

      Reply
      • baseballconnoisseur21

        1 year ago

        Head coach, manager, same difference.

        Reply
      • Jubilee3333

        1 year ago

        Bob Melvin also coaches the Raiders.

        Reply
  3. 24TheKid

    1 year ago

    A reunion with Seattle would be nice.

    Reply
    • marinerfan

      1 year ago

      Not really.

      Reply
  4. ghostrobot

    1 year ago

    Come to SF in two years

    Reply
    • Hosmer for HOF

      1 year ago

      Why so he can helm another low budget team?

      Reply
      • Cey Hey

        1 year ago

        The Giants are a low-budget team?

        Reply
        • Hosmer for HOF

          1 year ago

          Giants are gonna stay a lower budget team for the next five years while the Padres and Dodgers dominate prove me wrong everyone! Doesn’t matter if they make money if they choose not to spend it (right now) I’ll call them a low budget team until they start again and wanna be in the top 15 payrolls

      • qbert1996

        1 year ago

        Giants are hardly a low budget team my friend.

        Reply
        • CoolKidJoeXBL

          1 year ago

          High budget, low talent.

        • sfgfan101214

          1 year ago

          Um..how many rings does your team have since 2010?

        • JD396

          1 year ago

          How many rings does your team have since 2014?

        • Cey Hey

          1 year ago

          How many World Series games have the Padres won in their entire history?

          Hint: It’s more than zero but less than two.

        • Hosmer for HOF

          1 year ago

          How clever. Back to reality you guys will be afraid to financially try and contend for the next decade with two teams in your division established as the best right now so hope you enjoyed

  5. marrtho

    1 year ago

    Bob Melvin is the man

    Reply
  6. Oldschoolandthemets1980

    1 year ago

    Sure would love to see him in queens.

    Reply
  7. b2bjacks

    1 year ago

    There is never any expectations to make the playoffs. What better gig could he get???

    Reply
    • marrtho

      1 year ago

      A time with payroll flexibility

      Reply
  8. Bearded Texas Hulk

    1 year ago

    He’s a class act.

    Reply
    • Oldschoolandthemets1980

      1 year ago

      Couldn’t agree more

      Reply
  9. DarkSide830

    1 year ago

    one postseason series win during his tenure and it was a 3 game series…

    Reply
    • Samuel

      1 year ago

      Not much different then the A’s managers that came before him in the Billy Beane era.

      Even Beane admitted that Moneyball didn’t work well in the Post-Season. Can help some, but baseball is baseball – the players on winning teams play quality fundaments in the post-season. At turning points in games is when batters get the big hits and/or pitchers make the big pitches. That and some luck. The way it’s always been.

      A sportswriter acquaintance that has been coving a ML team for over 35 years through multiple mangers and coaches that have won in his city and elsewhere say the same thing. The kids that tell us: “There’s no such thing as clutch” only do so because the reality is that a computer algorithm can’t find it. Doesn’t mean it’s not true. Which is why WATCHING games is so rewarding!

      Reply
      • shoewizard

        1 year ago

        It’s not that there isn’t “clutch”. It’s that it’s not static. Just because a guy is/was clutch in one year, or multiple years, doesn’t mean he will be all the time. Sometimes the very psychological factors that make a player have a “slow heart beat” or whatever it takes to slow things down when pressure is highest, sees that edge go away. Tom Watson, one of the greatest champion golfers of all time got the yips. Derek Jeter, universally acclaimed as one of the best clutch performers ever, had no less than 10 playoff series where his OPS didn’t even crack .600 .
        http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/TGltt
        High drama, high leverage, clutch performances have meaning and resonate with all of us fans. Just know that it’s not static. A hero today can be a bum tomorrow, and redeem himself again later. It happens all the time. Just don’t try to predict it. you’ll fail.

        Reply
        • Cey Hey

          1 year ago

          shoewizard, Corey Seager was terrible in the post-season until last year. After 2019, fans on some Dodger sites were demanding the team upgrade at SS by dumping Seager and trading for Lindor. Now, these same people want Seager to remain a Dodger for life.

        • brodie-bruce

          1 year ago

          @ceyhey kershaw had the same problem for most of his postseason career, thou i think a lot of his poor performance in oct was he was burnt out by oct. iirc during kershaw’s prime he either had a staff of 4’s around him (grenkie being the exception) or no pen to hand it over.

        • shoewizard

          1 year ago

          Yup.

          Randy Johnson was 2-6, with a 3.71 ERA in the post season before 2001

          In 2001 went 5-1 in post seasoin threw 41 IP, 1.52 ERA, and won W.S. CO MVP with Schilling

          Had a 7.11 ERA in the final 4 post season games of his career, including a real clunker against the Cards in the 2002 divisional coming off another cy young season.

          http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/WAwuZ

  10. cars

    1 year ago

    Bob Melvin I believe is a boarder line HOF Manager. Especially if he has a few more winning seasons and if the A’s spent more $$, some success in the PO’s

    Reply
    • amk1920

      1 year ago

      Sorry but Melvin isn’t anywhere near a HOF manager. He has gotten the A’s to overachieve but once in the postseason reality sets in and they are overmatched.

      Reply
      • tball

        1 year ago

        @amk what qualifies as a HoF manager in your opinion?

        Reply
        • baseballpun

          1 year ago

          Rings

        • amk1920

          1 year ago

          At least 1 World Series title. You can’t put a manager in the HoF for making the playoffs a few times he shouldn’t have.

        • Cey Hey

          1 year ago

          Tom Kelly has two rings and nobody considers him HOF worthy. Tommy Lasorda has two rings as is in. This opinion is unpopular with my fellow Dodger fans, but I don’t feel Lasorda really belongs.

  11. jay13

    1 year ago

    He has no reason to leave that prime spot. Ownership loves him. Management loves him. The players and fans love him. The media adores him for the most part. I bet the janitor and service team leave a mint on his chair.

    Reply
    • Sadler

      1 year ago

      Not everybody is satisfied with comfort; particularly when they just haven’t had the finances to push them into the top tier. I’m not saying its impossible, but winning a championship in Oakland is tougher than other places when you lose out on all the best players, both in your organization and elsewhere, to free agency.

      Reply
      • justinkm19

        1 year ago

        Harder in Oak than TB?

        Reply
        • bigguccisosa300

          1 year ago

          TB has never won a chip either lol

  12. Rsox

    1 year ago

    Melvin will pass Tony LaRussa for second all time in wins with the A’s this season and has had the team mostly competitive during his time in Oakland. I don’t really see him leaving unless he really wants to. We know Cashman tried to buy him back in 2018 before they hired Aaron Boone and i wonder if the Yankees would be interested again if they can just sign him outright

    Reply
  13. OIC2021

    1 year ago

    Bob Melvin a genius
    Rob Manfred a dolt

    Reply
    • baseballpun

      1 year ago

      You got a real vendetta going.

      Reply
      • OIC2021

        1 year ago

        You’re right . It’s Good Friday
        Forgive Manfred, for he knows not what he does.

        Happy Easter all!

        Reply
  14. Sadler

    1 year ago

    I wounder how he would fare with a team that had some money to spend..

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      1 year ago

      they do have money to spend, they just dont spend said money.

      Reply
  15. brat922

    1 year ago

    Bob Melvin deserves every compliment there is for the job he has done. He is an excellent baseball guy, and a great person. He was a terrific teammate as well. He played under Humm Baby’s Giants and was admired back then.

    I wish the Giants could scoop him up someday!

    Reply
  16. Yankee Clipper

    1 year ago

    I think this is awesome! Imagine having your MLB organization’s executives publicly state your managerial job is in your hands after this season? MLB manager jobs never go this way, as you all well know. This speaks volumes as to the job he’s done inside the organization. I don’t follow him too closely, although he seems solid, but this is pretty incredible in today’s cutthroat business climate.

    Good job, Bob Melvin! And nice job Oakland A’s. Bonus points for being open and genuine for a guy who’s done well, instead of the ubiquitous circuitous narrative that pervades walk-year press statements……

    Reply
  17. julyn82001

    1 year ago

    A’s Bob Melvin is absolutely the best man for the job. Billy Beane and co just need more financial means from owner Fisher to go and win a World Series long overdue…

    Reply
  18. driftcat28

    1 year ago

    If he doesn’t retire I’d love for the Yankees to hire him and move on from Boone. There were reports Cashman tried engaging Melvin after moving on from Girardi but the A’s wouldn’t allow them to speak. Wonder if there’s still interest

    Reply
  19. marinerfan

    1 year ago

    He had the misfortune of following Lou Pinella as Mariners manager. He couldn’t get them into the playoffs. He may be a good manager now, but can’t see how’d he’d be HOF material.

    Reply
  20. soz2

    1 year ago

    If Bob Melvin does decide to leave his position as Manager in Oakland it would be because the current ownership here won’t commit to fielding a competitive team. The frustration of being handicapped from ownership might be too much for Melvin to accept anymore. One consistency in Oakland is that you can be assured that this team will be in the bottom third in MLB team total payroll year after year.
    Melvin has done a very good job with what he’s been given to work with while in Oakland. The A’s have overachieved for many seasons. That run can catch up to them at some point in time and possibly even this season. Ownership let their best hitter and closer from last season walk away over contracts. Another sign of lack of commitment to winning. Their desperation moves to replace the shortstop position with Andrus is underwhelming at best. Bringing back retread Lowrie to play second base gives the A’s their worst up the middle defense they’ve had in many seasons.
    If this ownership doesn’t show the fan base something by offering Melvin an extension this season then that is another sign of the lack of commitment and concern to be competitive.
    Every Oakland Athletics fan should be questioning themselves why they would want to attend and support Fisher. Don’t wait until they trade Chapman and Olson for prospects. You know that is coming in the future. The odds are against Fisher making a financial commitment to either of these players. The excuse of a being a small market team blah,blah,blah. Same old story here in Oakland.
    Don’t think that a shiny new toy like a new stadium is going to change the way this ownership operates. Once Fisher gets his new toy, stadium, things will be the same as they’ve always been in Oakland. It will just be another excuse for why they can’t afford free agents and current players.
    Fisher’s only commitment is to his profit margin bottom line.
    The hardest thing to do will be to avoid attending games. Something I’ve done for years and will miss very much. If this ownership makes no effort to compete, has one of the lowest payrolls in MLB, lacks signing any star free agents, won’t re-sign their current stars then there’s no reason for me make Fisher more rich than he already is. Don’t support Fishers bad behavior as an owner. I won’t enable this scumbag to continue to operate as a perennial loser and take advantage of a decent loyal fan base.
    What should happen is the MLB commissioner should force this chump out of his ownership and do Oakland a huge favor.

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