It was announced on Thursday that former SF Giants manager Bob Melvin has accepted a role to become a special assistant in the baseball operations department for the Athletics organization. This move does not come as a huge shock.
Melvin was the manager of the A's from 2011 to 2019 and oversaw some really strong seasons in Oakland. The long-tenured manager has deep Bay Area roots so it is not surprising that he is returning to an organization on the West Coast that he had such great success with.
Former SF Gians manager unsurprisingly joins Athletics organization
We have seen this sort of move before after a firing.