The Giants are remaking their front office, looking to hire a new general manager and maybe other executives as well. has reported some of the latest details today. Notably, the club has asked the Athletics to speak to a sistant general manager Billy Owens. Other candidates include Jeremy Shelley, who is already with the Giants as an a sistant GM, and old friend Bobby Evans. However, Slu ser Danuel House Jersey adds that the club is planning to do a thorough search that could take weeks, which perhaps suggests the list of po sible candidates will include many people not specifically named here. For most baseball clubs these days, the general manager is the second spot on the decision-making pyramid, with the title of president of baseball operations usually going to the top dog. That will be the case for the Giants but perhaps this GM job will be a bit more important than others around the league. was just given the POBO title and will be the clubs chief decision maker, but he has come to the gig via an unusual path. Many presidents get their jobs after years working for clubs either in scouting or analytics, climbing the ladder over time. Posey was on the field as a player just three years ago, retiring after 2021. He later joined the clubs ownership group, purchasing a minority share in September of 2022, getting a seat on the board of directors. It seems Posey was fairly active in that role. Back in January, relayed that Posey and righty were working together to recruit free agents to San Francisco. Last month, it was by Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic that Posey has taken a leading role in the extension negotiations even though Farhan Zaidi was still the POBO at that time. Posey was given Zaidis job shortly thereafter and the club decided to rea sign GM Pete Putila and give that title to someone else to a sist Posey. Despite Posey clearly taking a hands-on role as a partial owner, his unusual track record and quick ascent could mean that he might need a GM who has lots of experience with the day-to-day nitty-gritty of running a baseball team. Evans certainly qualifies, as fans of the Giants are well aware. He was hired by the Giants in 1994 as a minor league administrative a sistant and worked his way through various other titles, including director of minor league operations in 1998, director of player personnel in 2005, vice president of baseball operations in 2009 and general manager in 2015. The Giants had plenty of succe s in that time, winning titles in the even-numbered years from 2010 to 2014, but their results declined in the seasons to come and Evans was fired after the 2018 campaign as the club pivoted to Zaidi. Since that time, Evans has emerged as a candidate for other front office jobs but hasnt landed a gig. He interviewed for the Astros in 2020, though that GM job ultimately went to James Click. Evans also interviewed for the Angels GM position prior to 2021, a position that went to Perry Minasian. When the Astros surprisingly moved on from Click after winning the 2022 World Series, Evans got another interview but Dana Brown ultimately secured that spot. Per Slu ser, Evans has been working for various nonprofit organizations since his time with the Giants. Though he has been in the wilderne s for a few years, perhaps Posey will bring him back to San Francisco. Its unclear if hes being considered for the GM spot or some other advisory role. Either way, he and Posey are presumably plenty familiar with each other from their overlapping time with the club, as Posey was drafted in 2008 and made it to the big leagues for the Giants by 2009. The fact that Evans is now a candidate to work with Posey again, though in different circumstances, suggests the two had a good relationship during that previous era. It may be a similar situation with Shelley. Per his bio at , he has been working with the Giants for over 30 years now, so his time with the club also overlaps with Poseys time as a player but also as partial owner/board member. Shelley started as a baseball operations intern in 1994 before moving up to administrative a sistant in the baseball operations department in 1996. He then became director of baseball operations in 2006, senior director of baseball operations/pro scouting in 2009 and vice president, pro scouting and player evaluation in 2013. It would be a different situation with Owens, who has been working for the As for over 20 years now. Per an published last year, Owens started with the As in 1999 as a minor league hitting instructor. He later became a scout and then a scouting coordinator. By 2010, he was named director of player personnel and he got the a sistant GM title five years after. This isnt the first time his name has emerged for a job away from the As. Like Evans, he was a candidate for the Angels GM gig that went to Minasian in late 2020. That same offseason, he was considered for a GM role by the Mets, but Jared Porter got that spot at that time. Russell Westbrook Jersey