Longtime Giants manager Bruce Bochy will work as a special advisor for the club in 2020, according to president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi (via Janie McCauley of the Associated Press).
The upcoming season will be the 14th in a row with the Giants for Bochy, a franchise icon who managed the team from 2007-19. The Giants won three World Series during that span, but Bochy stepped down from his managerial role after a third straight sub-.500 campaign last season. The team subsequently replaced him with ex-Phillies skipper Gabe Kapler.
The 64-year-old Bochy may have been able to land another managerial job this offseason, but he has instead decided to take a step back from that type of role. That doesn’t mean the potential Hall of Famer is done in the dugout, though. Bochy suggested back in October that he may only take a year off from managing, so he could be a popular name when teams are looking for skippers next offseason. For now, though, he’ll remain in the San Francisco organization.
Gmen777
Glad to keep you Boch!
rightyspecialist
Why? Bochy had one of the highest payrolls in MLB and booked three back to back below .500 seasons. He finished his overall managerial career in Frisco with a losing record of 1052-1054 . And an overall lmanagariel losing record of 2003-2029 . He’s terribly overrated. Low baseball information Frisco fans think he’s a God . Lol
Big glove502
You are a low baseball information guy. Seriously, you have two brain cells left and they’re fighting each other. There isn’t one baseball analyst or historian that would call him overrated. I don’t know if it’s true that you’re a Yankees fan, but if so, what does that say about your managers and their accomplishments over the last ten years with the payrolls they’ve had?
rightyspecialist
He has a career losing record.
Big glove502
It’s baseball. This is why you’re so dumb. If you manage in a small market (like San Diego) you’re going to likely compile a losing record over time. Even if you do put together some good seasons. The fact that you can’t grasp that he won 3 in 5 years just shows the ignorance and disdain you have for the Giants and their fanbase.
claude raymond
Big glove, this guy is the epitome of sad. He hangs out on Rumors just to harass. And we, myself included, continue to respond to his posts as if his posts mean anything. They don’t, they’re just seeking attention.
We have to, all of us, commit to ignoring him. It’s difficult, but it’s necessary.
leolujan77
LOVE THAT
Big glove502
Stick around till 2022! This job will be awfully appealing!
talking baseball
Big Glove 502
This will be my 58th season rooting for the Giants and you nailed it with your comment. Kapler might surprise us…………. but I really don’t think so. Not unless he’s made big changes since the Phillies gig ?? Maybe Bochy will help him with pitching changes from the clubhouse. We can only hope !!
claude raymond
Kaplers staff in philly was not a staff that fit his analytic lean. I believe this staff does. And I predict that the core players will benefit from hearing a different perspective and will therefore have much better numbers. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes.
Francys01
Yes, yes, and yes.
giants number 1 fan
Wish he was still the manager. Better than what they’ve got in the dugout now.
Francys01
Me too. Also, Madison Bumgarner should still be a San Francisco Giant.
texasfury93
And Johnny Cueto shouldn’t have left the Royals, right?
sacball
because Johnny Cueto for 2 months meant something special for Royals fans lol
highplainsdriftr
Boch walks in. Looks at 40 man. Says ‘Well, I don’t think we’re going to be very good.’ Collects paycheck. Walks out.
Big glove502
I think he’d say something more along the lines of, “well, let’s see what we can put together this year.” That’s his mentality.
washington_bonercats
With the roster they put together, nobody has that mentality
Big glove502
You’ve never heard the man. Especially on a daily basis. He believes he can get somewhere with anyone. It doesn’t matter what the roster is, that would be his answer no matter who they had.
Frisco500
Yup big glove, you nailed it.
dandan
Greatest/easiest job in baseball history.
DrDan75
Bochy excels at getting the absolute most out of his players. That is going to get him into Cooperstown one day.
Tony Gwynn once said that Bruce Bochy could grab 25 guys from Labor Ready and win the pennant.
Brian the Foley
Ur um baseball baseball baseball ur um
wordonthestreet
Bochy is plenty familar with the 40 man roster. He is not walking out
Rangers29
His presence was elite, he taught well, glad he didn’t go to the Astros.
Rickey O'Sunnyvale
This is all about getting the Dodgers out of the headlines.
Howie415
The democratic liberal fascist main stream homosexual media is at again. They are trying to subjugate us into mass communistic Muslim socialism. Next they’ll take away our Dodger guns and shutdown our Dodger churches.
SFGLifer
You seem stable
rycm131
Yes! He’s going to be awesome for them
RainDrop
I am one happy Gamerbabe!
pc01
Astros 2021 manager.
VegasSDfan
Rofl. 1st t worst, get ready
sportsguy1
He still is over rated.
giantsphan12
@sportsguy. You must be a Dodgers’ fan
leolujan77
He must be lol
Howie415
When is the last time you managed a professional sports team?
sacball
awww salty fan of a SoCal team has spoken!
claude raymond
Giants were never favored to win any World Series. Rangers were favored. Tigers were heavy favorites. Royals were favored. And an overrated manager beat all three. Rangers 4-1. Tigers 4-0. Royals in 7.
Big glove502
That’s your opinion, and literally only your opinion. There isn’t one knowledgeable baseball fan that would say that unless they were drinking haterade. Stupidity ain’t the flavor.
aussiegiants53
Good on him! He’s earned whatever role he wants with the Giants. Hope he imparts all his wisdom on those around him. Bring on the season and season of growth and development
Les Chesterfield
How much does he get paid to advise SF to tank ? And tank hard.
scottn59c
Maybe he can teach this new knucklehead a thing or two.
geg42
I hope the job doesn’t interfere too much with his fishing.
WarrenSpahn
maybe he’ll be in McCovey cove during night games in a one-man raft, drinking Mai-Tais from a thermos…
Jumanji
It seems to me Bochy was hired to be yet another person to tell Gabe Kapler what to do. Does anyone else get the feeling Kapler was hired to be a puppet manager, someone they could fire without problems when his role has been fulfilled ? I’m surprised they let him hire as many assistant coaches as he did. You have two pitching and hitting coaches and directors overseeing those coaches and at least two coaches who really don’t have defined roles.
Frisco500
Connor byrne is a hack.
pasha2k
They need him to keep the slacker Panda in line.
bkwalker510
Bochy just can’t say no to the free margaritas at Tres after games. Only reason why he’s back.
Big glove502
NBC sports is reporting that pence looks to be on his way to SF to take a physical, choosing the Giants over the Padres and Astros.
sanfranb27
TBH, Bochy lives close enough to the stadium that he walks to and from home games. Probably the deciding factor here.