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Giants Hire Bryan Price As Pitching Coach

By Mark Polishuk | November 14, 2023 at 12:15pm CDT

The Giants announced the hirings of Bryan Price as pitching coach and Garvin Alston as bullpen coach.  Reports of Alston’s hiring surfaced yesterday, while the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser first suggested two weeks ago that Price might be a candidate for the pitching coach role.

Price is best known for his tenure as the Reds’ manager, which lasted through parts of the 2014-18 seasons and ended in April 2018 after Cincinnati got off to a brutal 3-15 start.  Price had a 279-387 record as manager, though that record isn’t an entirely fair assessment since the Reds were going through a rebuild for much of Price’s time captaining the dugout.

Beyond that one managerial job, Price has had a long stretch of success as a pitching coach with the Mariners, Diamondbacks, Reds (from 2000-13), and then one more year as a pitching coach with the Phillies in 2020.  That season was reportedly Price’s last as a coach, as he then moved into a senior advisor role with the Padres over the last two seasons, yet it seems as though the 61-year-old will return to again team up with Giants manager Bob Melvin.  Beyond the San Diego connection of the last two years, Melvin was managing in Seattle and Arizona during Price’s previous stints as pitching coach.

Price takes on an interesting challenge in a Giants pitching staff that posted generally solid results in 2023, albeit in unusual fashion.  Logan Webb and Alex Cobb were used as regular starters, but for much of the season, the rest of the rotation spots were filled by a collection of bullpen games, piggybacked pitchers, and opener/bulk pitcher combinations.  Anthony DeSclafani, Ross Stripling, and younger arms like Kyle Harrison and Keaton Winn could again be used in some sort of similar capacity in 2024, yet the Giants are known to be looking at adding some regular starters this winter, including such top names as Yoshinobu Yamamoto.  It could be that Price’s hiring might indicate some further move backwards an older-school approach to pitcher usage, and away from the more modern “outs by any means necessary” approach of former manager Gabe Kapler and former pitching coach Andrew Bailey.

With these two hires now official, the Giants have their coaching revamp, bringing in several names who are long-time Melvin staffers, former Giants players, or both.  Price has some San Francisco ties himself, as he was born in the city back in 1962.

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28 Comments

  1. cmac2230

    2 years ago

    Reds legend

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    Reply
  2. Hemlock

    2 years ago

    The Price is Right.

    6
    Reply
    • paddyo furnichuh

      2 years ago

      *cues Sandler’s line to Bob Barker*

      Reply
  3. This one belongs to the Reds

    2 years ago

    Price is actually a good pitching coach, despite the f bombs.

    2
    Reply
    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      Ah yes! Lest we forget his profanity laced tirade on 4/15/15 when he unleashed no less than 77 f-bombs (still a record as far as I know) in a post game presser. Good times!

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      Reply
  4. DanUgglasRing

    2 years ago

    Woof.

    1
    Reply
  5. jade 2

    2 years ago

    How does this help the F-ing Reds?!

    2
    Reply
    • MadBum14

      2 years ago

      No one cares about the Reds….

      Reply
    • Armaments216

      2 years ago

      I just…I don’t get it. I don’t get why it’s got to be this way. Has it always been this way where we just tell f’ing everybody everything?

      Reply
  6. MadBum14

    2 years ago

    Sadly this won’t help the Giants achieve just their 2nd winning season in the last 8 years. Fire Farhan!

    1
    Reply
    • sacball

      2 years ago

      Thanks for your input 27champy

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      Reply
      • MadBum14

        2 years ago

        You got the wrong guy… must’ve forgot to take your meds this morning

        Reply
    • bag o ballz

      2 years ago

      yeah sucks that the off season is over and there are no other moves to be made.

      4
      Reply
  7. Not a clever name

    2 years ago

    I’m pretty happy with this coaching staff. Much happier than the last one, they finally have some folks that know baseball instead of yoga and kambucha

    5
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    • DanUgglasRing

      2 years ago

      They’re a painfully mediocre cast of “old school” guys to make people like you believe the team can win without good baseball players. Looks like the scheme is working so far.

      1
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      • foppert1

        2 years ago

        Wah wah wah. So much fun.
        I’m sure you know all about them. You have done a deep dive on their history and are coming up with a very informed opinion.
        Or you are just looking for something to cry about. As usual.

        2
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        • DanUgglasRing

          2 years ago

          You’re right I’m sorry. He did such a great job in Cincinnati after all.

          Reply
        • foppert1

          2 years ago

          Wah Wah Wah.

          “Beyond that one managerial job, Price has had a long stretch of success as a pitching coach with the Mariners, Diamondbacks, Reds (from 2000-13), and then one more year as a pitching coach with the Phillies in 2020.”

          Reply
  8. SFBay314

    2 years ago

    Price was born in the city, should have led with that. We love him already!

    1
    Reply
  9. sf fan

    2 years ago

    Good. Now he needs a few more pitchers.

    1
    Reply
  10. Giants78

    2 years ago

    I think the Giants have the largest coaching staff in the MLB. Not good and won’t lead to postseason success.

    Reply
  11. gfan

    2 years ago

    Doom. Gloom. Whine. Complain.
    Speculate.
    Todays generic typical post…

    Now let’s start the signings and trades. Go Giants! Let’s have a Rangers like off-season.

    4
    Reply
  12. Mikey P

    2 years ago

    Why is there so much hate here over a pitching coach hiring lol

    1
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    • gfan

      2 years ago

      Welcome to any SFG thread.
      Home of all negativity.
      Help !

      Reply
    • foppert1

      2 years ago

      Immaturity.

      2
      Reply
    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      The eternally optimistic and blissfully nostalgic wine & cheese crowd are on holiday this time of year. Expect the sunshine and lollipops to return some time next May.

      1
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      • DanUgglasRing

        2 years ago

        Winning without any good players is difficult

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