Buster Posey says he has not had any conversations about an extension, but he isn’t closing the door on staying in the Giants’ top baseball job beyond his initial three-year deal.
Speaking Wednesday on “The TK Show” podcast with San Francisco Standard columnist Tim Kawakami, Posey was asked directly whether talks had begun about extending his contract as president of baseball operations. They haven’t.
“I’m definitely open to keep going, but also am respectful of the decision-makers that have to decide who’s in my role and have not had conversations with them at this point about that,” Posey said. “Really just focusing on trying to finish this year on a strong note and then put us in a position to be in a better place going into 2027.”
Posey added that the season has given him a very different view of the job.
“It’s a different perspective, you know, when you get your teeth kicked in all year,” Posey said. “But the way I’m looking at it is this turned into a mega-challenge to try to get this on track and I’ve always enjoyed challenges.
“It’s something that - is it fun? It’s not fun all the time when you’re going through a challenge; but when you can think about the process and potentially what the outcome looks like if you get things going in the right direction, whether you’re an athlete or whether you’re in a management position like this now … when I think of it through that lens, that’s enjoyable for me.”
Posey, who signed a three-year contract after the 2024 season when the Giants fired Farhan Zaidi and brought him in from the ownership group and board of directors, was hired with the expectation that he would steer San Francisco out of mediocrity and back toward the winning standard he helped establish as a player.
Instead, his second season in charge has gone off the rails. The Giants have had a losing record in every month of the season and were effectively eliminated from contention by mid-May. The year has also produced a steady stream of off-field headlines and incidents, including several involving Posey.
Posey has taken bold swings in his first two seasons running baseball operations, including hiring a manager straight out of college with no professional baseball experience. But nearly none of those moves have produced the turnaround the Giants were hoping for.
There will almost certainly be changes this offseason, and Posey said the bullpen is a major area that needs attention. Still, he sounded as if he expects to keep much of the roster intact and remain with Tony Vitello as manager, while hoping for a much better outcome next year.
Whether that means Posey will still be steering the ship after his original deal runs out is still an open question.
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