When a future Baseball Hall of Fame manager such as Bruce Bochy gives a player his endorsement, it should not be taken lightly. President of baseball operations Buster Posey took his former manager’s word, and the Giants signed pitcher Tyler Mahle to a one-year, $10 million contract this offseason in MLB free agency. Mahle, who played for Bochy’s Texas Rangers in the previous two seasons, had high praise for the four-time World Series champion manager in an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic in Scottsdale, Arizona, for “Giants Talk.”“It was great,” Mahle said of playing for Bochy. “He’s obviously a legend of the game; not just in San Francisco, a legend in baseball.”  Mahle dealt with injuries over the last two seasons and only made 19 starts for the Rangers in that time frame. But, in 2025, the starting pitcher finished with a 6-4 record and an impressive 2.18 ERA. Bochy, a former catcher, is known for getting the best out of his pitching staff. But a career-best ERA in a season in...