Buster Posey rules out franchise icon Bruce Bochy returning as Giants manager

SAN FRANCISCO — A few hours after the Giants parted ways with Bob Melvin, the Texas Rangers announced that Bruce Bochy would not be back as their manager. The connection was easy to make, but there will be no reunion, Buster Posey said Wednesday. At least not when it comes to this search for a new managerPosey said he spoke with Bochy earlier this week and let him know that he’s looking in a different direction.  Buster Posey doesn't envision the Giants pursuing Bruce Bochy for their managerial opening pic.twitter.com/AtPR7r8afI — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) October 1, 2025 “The door is always open here for some sort of role, but the way I think things are coming into picture in my mind with where we want to go next, I don’t see us going that route with Boch,” Posey said. “Obviously, (I have) a tremendous amount of respect (for him). “It’s interesting, when I was a player, I didn’t consider Boch necessarily a friend. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, because he had this reverence and respect that he demanded from his players, but now post-playing, I...