The Giants are in search of a brand new supervisor to switch Gabe Kapler and Joel Sherman of The New York Submit provides a brand new title to the record of candidates, reporting that they’ve requested the Crimson Sox for permission to talk with Jason Varitek concerning the emptiness. The Crimson Sox, who at present make use of Varitek as participant data coach, have given Varitek to permission to speak to the Giants. The 2 sides may have an “informational” cellphone name within the coming days earlier than deciding whether or not or to not transfer the method alongside.
Varitek, 51, performed for the Sox from 1997 to 2011 however has transitioned into different roles in his post-playing days. The Sox employed him as a particular assistant to the final supervisor again in 2012, only a few months after his retirement as a participant. He received a uniformed teaching function previous to the 2021 marketing campaign, initially with the title of recreation planning coordinator earlier than turning into participant data coach.
He’s clearly revered across the league as his title has been linked to varied job openings prior to now decade. He has been floated as a match for numerous managerial positions through the years however he has stayed with Boston that entire time. It was reported in November of final yr that Varitek signed a three-year deal to stay with the Sox, however groups typically don’t stand in the way in which of their workers pursuing exterior promotions, so it’s not shocking that the Sox are letting him discuss to the Giants to see the way it goes.
It doesn’t look like a choice on the job will likely be made quickly. At the least certainly one of their identified candidates, Rangers bench coach Donnie Ecker, is preoccupied with the continued postseason. Per Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi lately made a visit to Japan as a part of the membership’s ongoing curiosity in right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto. A part of the rationale he had the time to try this is that they’re ready to talk to some managerial candidates who will not be at present obtainable.
Varitek joins Ecker and present Padres supervisor Bob Melvin as exterior candidates identified to be on the Giants’ record, whereas Stephen Vogt has already been interviewed. The Giants have additionally interviewed inside candidates comparable to bench coach/interim supervisor Kai Correa, assistant coach Alyssa Nakken and third-base coach Mark Hallberg.
It was reported earlier at the moment that the Giants interviewed Kapler about their entrance workplace emptiness, making it doable that he and Varitek find yourself swapping employers.
