A familiar face could return to the Giants organization in 2024, which has been a common theme this offseason.
After hiring Bay Area native and former Giants catcher Bob Melvin as its next manager, San Francisco brought back former outfielder Pat Burrell as hitting coach and former third baseman Matt Williams as third base coach.
Former Giants manager Dusty Baker appears on Friday’s “Willard & Dibs” with 95.7 The Game’s Jason Dumas and FP Santangelo, announcing he will step down as Houston Astros manager after the 2023 MLB season He talked about retiring after his retirement, and revealed that he had discussed it with Giants CEO Larry Baer. Regarding the possibility of him returning to the organization in some capacity.
“We’re actually talking to the Giants,” Baker told Dumas and Santangelo. “I talked to Larry Baer the other day about potentially joining them, so we’ll have to see how things go for all of us.”
“These are preliminary negotiations. Like I said, I spoke to Larry. I’m waiting to speak to Farhan.” [Zaidi]. They have a team in Sacramento, where I am, and it’s the River Cats team…Let’s see if we can work things out, family stuff, time stuff, all sorts of ways. As I said earlier, we are just having preliminary discussions. Let’s see how things turn out. ”
It remains to be seen what role Baker could play with the Giants, but mentions of the organization’s Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats, suggest a possible role at the minor league level. there’s a possibility that.
Baker, a former outfielder, played one season with the Giants in 1984 and coached the team for 10 seasons from 1993 to 2002.
The Northern California native is beloved by Giants fans and will be welcomed with open arms in any capacity.
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