SF fans are interested in him. He became a FA. Only the WS champion was even in 4 times, so the old student won't let him go

Sep 30, 2025

SF fans are interested in him. He became a FA. Only the WS champion was even in 4 times, so the old student won't let him go
Coach Bruce Bochy gave the Texans their first World Series championship. ImagesYonhap News



SF fans are interested in him. He became a FA. Only the WS champion was even in 4 times, so the old student won't let him go
Coach Bruce Bochy in 2019 when he was head coach of the San Francisco Giants. AP Yonhap News
Three clubs dismissed the head coach a day after the end of the Major League regular season.

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, and San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin concluded their relationship with the club on the 30th (Korea time).

To be precise, Bochy's three-year contract has expired, and the other two coaches have canceled the 2026 option the club decided to implement. In other words, Baldelli and Melvin were dismissed with one year left on their contracts.




Among them, Coach Bochy is the head coach whose future course of action is drawing attention. He has the record for the most wins among active coaches. From 1995 to this season, he recorded a total of 2,252 wins and 2,266 losses (0.498) in 28 seasons for the San Diego Padres, San Francisco and Texas. He has won the World Series four times. In terms of career coach wins, he is ranked sixth in all time. All five players, including Connie Mack (3731 wins), Tony Larusa (2884 wins), John McGraw (2763 wins), Bobby Cox (2504 wins), and Joe Torre (2326 wins), who led more wins, were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

SF fans are interested in him. He became a FA. Only the WS champion was even in 4 times, so the old student won't let him go
Director Bruce Bochy. ImagesYonhap News
He led the team to wins in 2010, 2012, and 2014 while at the helm of San Francisco, and became the World Series winning coach again in 2023, his first season in Texas. In particular, Texas enjoyed the joy of reaching the top of the World Series for the first time since its foundation in 1969.

He only took the helm for three years from 2020 to 2022. During this period, he also served as the head coach of the French national baseball team.




However, he is 70 years old this year, and he still has the will to be an active coach. They say it's not time to leave the ground yet.

Bochy told local media last week, `It's so much fun while playing baseball. I remember saying the same thing when I came back here. When you are outside, you develop deeper affection and appreciation. In particular, I realized how blessed I was to be a coach after spending three years here. It's a very interesting thing. I still like this job and enjoy it."

In this situation, San Francisco is drawing attention. San Francisco officially announced that it had dismissed Melvin.




SF fans are interested in him. He became a FA. Only the WS champion was even in 4 times, so the old student won't let him go
San Francisco fired head coach Bob Melvin in a surprise move. AP Yonhap News
President Buster Posey said, "After a meeting with the owner, I met with Bob today and delivered my decision. I would like to express my gratitude to Bob for showing dedication, professionalism, and class on behalf of the club. I wish you all the best."

San Francisco failed to advance to the postseason by marking 81 wins and 81 losses in the 2025 regular season, which ended the previous day, and finishing third in the NL West.

Posey said " (about this season and Melvin)Through the overall evaluation, we concluded that changing leadership is the best way for the team. The last two-month race was disappointing and frustrating for us. It was a performance that didn't meet our expectations. We will focus on finding a new leader who will lead us in the future."

Melvin, who changed his baton in October 2023 by terminating the remainder of his contract with the San Diego Padres at the time and signing a '2+1 year' with San Francisco, went 161-163 in two seasons, failing to exceed a .500 winning percentage. San Francisco hasn't been on the fall baseball stage for four consecutive years since 2022. It is the same as concluding that the team's performance did not meet expectations was largely due to coach Melvin's lack of ability.

San Francisco fans have no choice but to pay attention to Coach Bochy. Public opinion is expected to rise that Coach Bochy, who created the myth of `even number winning' in the 2010s, should take the helm of San Francisco again. Moreover, President Posey lifted all the World Series trophies when Bochy was coach (2007-2019) and led the team as San Francisco's flagship catcher.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.