It’s been three weeks since the Giants fired Gabe Kapler, but their ousted manager may not be out of the game for long.
Kapler has reportedly begun interviewing for other jobs, and he’s not limiting himself to other open managerial positions.
According to the Boston Globe, the former Giants manager met with Red Sox officials about the top job in their baseball operations department, a position vacated last month when they fired Chaim Bloom. Boston has reportedly had trouble filling the role, with members of multiple front offices declining interview requests.
Only two years removed from being named the National League manager of the year, Kapler would have to make the rare jump from an on-field role into a front office. But before he was hired as a manager for the first time in Philadelphia, he gained experience in the Dodgers’ front office as their farm director for three seasons.
While Kapler was born in Los Angeles and established a deep tie to San Francisco — he has maintained his North Beach residence since being let go — Kapler spent four seasons as a player in Boston and was a member of the historic 2004 team that came back from a 3-0 deficit in the ALCS and snapped an 86-year championship drought.
The Giants’ top baseball boss, Farhan Zaidi, is still searching for Kapler’s replacement as the club’s 17th full-time manager since moving to San Francisco.
After speaking with three internal candidates last week, they were expected to widen their search outside the organization this week, starting with popular ex-catcher Stephen Vogt on Monday, per the San Francisco Chronicle.