The San Francisco Giants on Monday announced the dismissal of Bob Melvin as the team’s manager, a day after their Major League Baseball season came to a close without a postseason berth.

Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey said in a statement that the move was made after meeting with ownership. San Francisco finished the 2025 season with a 81-81 record and went 161-163 in Melvin’s two seasons as manager.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.