SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants’ managerial search just got underway, but one big name is already off the board for president of baseball operations Buster Posey.

Posey said Wednesday that he doesn’t view his longtime manager and franchise icon Bruce Bochy as a candidate to replace Bob Melvin, who was fired on Monday after two seasons at the helm of the Giants.

Bochy, who managed Posey for 11 of his 12 seasons in the big leagues and helped bring three World Series titles to San Francisco in 2010, ‘12 and ‘14, was instantly linked to the Giants after the Rangers announced that they “mutually agreed” to end the 70-year-old skipper’s tenure in Texas on Monday.

Posey said he spoke with Bochy a couple of days ago and offered him a chance to return to the Giants in some capacity, just not a

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