Last night, Andrew Baggarly posted to The Athletic what’s tantamount to breaking news. It appears that it would be a huge surprise if the San Francisco Giants did not hire former catcher Nick Hundley to be the 42nd manager in franchise history. Given Baggarly’s longstanding relationship with Buster Posey, I’m inclined to believe that this is basically a done deal.

It would be a shocking turn of events. The article doesn’t totally shy away from the obvious, but Baggarly does wait until 2/3 of the way into it to mention that Hundley has no professional coaching experience. That’s quite a change of direction from the Bob Melvin hire to the point that it’s going beyond even what Farhan Zaidi might do. Instead, Buster Posey is — potentially — aligning the Giants with the game as it’s played in

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