The Giants’ 2026 season ended at 65-97, and so far there has been no announcement of any changes to the front office or coaching staff. President of baseball operations Buster Posey left the door open to possible coaching moves in his end-of-season press conference, but he also said he did not expect major changes.
That leaves San Francisco in a familiar spot: staring at the same results and wondering whether the fix has to come from inside the room or from somewhere else entirely. If the Giants want 2027 to look different, they may need new voices in the dugout and on the mound. One path is to shop around MLB for assistant coaches on staffs that have clearly done something right.
One name that fits that mold is Brad Goldberg of the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland was just knocked out of the playoffs by the Tampa Bay Rays, but Stephen Vogt’s work since taking over as manager in 2024 has been impossible to ignore.
The Guardians have reached the playoffs every season under him and have made two ALCS appearances. Goldberg has been part of that setup since 2024, when he was elevated from bullpen coach to assistant pitching coach.
He also served as the pitching coach for Team Israel in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
That Cleveland pitching setup has the feel of a factory, and if the Giants are serious about changing the culture on the mound, Goldberg is the kind of coach worth targeting.
J.P. Martinez is another name that should be on San Francisco’s radar.
The Giants did not retain him last year, which came as a surprise given that he had lasted through multiple regimes and seemed to do solid work. He instead moved on to become the bullpen coach for the Atlanta Braves.
Atlanta’s success this year offered a reminder of what San Francisco may have been missing. Tyler Mahle’s renaissance with the Braves makes it easy to see why a reunion with Martinez could make sense.
There’s also Jim Henderson, the Brewers’ Major League Pitching Coordinator. Milwaukee is in the World Series, and the Giants saw earlier this year how the Brewers helped unlock a version of Kyle Harrison that San Francisco never managed to get, even though Harrison later dealt with injury and struggled as the season went on. Henderson would be a strong addition, though prying him away from Pat Murphy’s staff would not be easy.
The broader point is hard to miss: whatever the Giants were doing in 2026 did not work. If they want different results, they may need to bring in fresh ideas and some new energy on the coaching staff.
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