SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants executive Buster Posey doesn't consider his former manager Bruce Bochy a candidate to fill the vacant position again for San Francisco.

Posey, the club's president of baseball operations, said Wednesday he had spoken to Bochy a couple of days earlier and mentioned there could be a position for the 70-year-old in the organization — just not the managerial job.

“The door’s always open here for some sort of role,” Posey said during a news conference at Oracle Park. “I don’t see us going that route with Boch.”

The Giants fired Bob Melvin on Monday after his second season ended with an 81-81 record — one more victory than last year — and a fourth straight missed playoff opportunity.

Later Monday, the Texas Rangers announced a mutual parting with Bochy after three

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