The offseason is here and the Giants' recent president of baseball operations, Buster Posey, appears to have checked off his first box.
The The Giants are expected to sign Zack Minasian named the team's recent general manager, in accordance with Bob Nightengale of USA Today. The Giants haven’t yet confirmed the move.
Minasian joined the Giants in 2019 as director of professional scouting after spending 14 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2022, Minasian was promoted to vp of professional scouting in San Francisco.
Minasian is the brother of Angels general manager Perry Minasian, and he grew up across the game as his father, Zack Sr., was a clubhouse attendant for the Texas Rangers. Another brother, Calvin, is the clubhouse coordinator for the Washington Nationals.
Posey said in his opening statement as the brand new team president that he would goal a general manager with a scouting background, and Minasian has that.
There's loads of work ahead of the Giants' next general manager in the approaching weeks: MLB's general managers' meetings are scheduled for next week in San Antonio, a month before the league's winter meetings in Dallas.
The MLB free agency period began Thursday, a day after the Dodgers won the World Series with a Game 5 win over the Yankees. Teams can begin signing recent players on Monday at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Pete Putila, the previous Giants GM hired for the job in 2022, is predicted to stay with the organization in one other role, Posey said at his introduction.
Minasian's baseball connections include being “baptized” in Dodger blue, he told this news organization during his first spring training with the Giants. His godfather is former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who called him “Benedict Arnold” when he moved from the Brewers to San Francisco.
Upon his arrival, he emphasized the importance of private scouting, as some teams had devalued the practice and relied more on analytics.
“With so much data available to front offices, there are some front offices that just feel more comfortable relying on the data and a scout rather than just relying on the scout, whatever that is Right is,” Minasian told this news organization. “I kind of look at it as a buffet. I want to be able to choose the information that I think is most important.”
Minasian was one among Farhan Zaidi's first hires when he became the Giants' president of baseball operations in 2019. Now he’s Posey's first big signing after taking up from Zaidi.
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