SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey will sift through a laundry list of managerial candidates in the coming days and weeks to replace the recently-fired Bob Melvin. While Posey is keeping his names close to his chest, he revealed that the Giants’ next skipper will not be Bruce Bochy.

Posey told reporters on Wednesday morning that after speaking to Bochy a couple days ago, he doesn’t “see us going that route” when discussing Bochy’s candidacy for the position.

The Giants’ president of baseball operations said that finding a long-term manager played into the decision and that “the door is always open here for some sort of role.”

“Obviously, a tremendous amount of respect,” Posey said. “It’s interesting. When I was a player, I didn’t consider Boch necessarily a friend. I don’t think that’s a bad

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