As Stewart settled into his new office, the first order of business was a review of his staff. The obvious hole is in the quality of coaches across all levels:
Only two coaches with even Good ability to teach Hitting or Pitching is a problem. Only the Giants PC Raul Brito is under contract for more than 2 years so a wholesale clear out is likely.
At the manager level the cupboard is almost as bare although High-A Manager Steve D’Amico looks like the type of Manager Stewart is looking for while Graham Spraker has an acceptable profile for a AAA Manager. Hyun-jun Kim has a three-year contract so might survive in the short term.
Bench Coach Carson Sands has a strong profile, including his Legendary teaching IF. His only downside is his Smallball manager style, which could cause some issues with Stewart’s style of letting his Bench Coach make in-game decisions.
Neither Jesus Petit nor Cristian Murillo are irreplaceable although both offer some ability in defensive teaching which may save them this season.
One good, one bad on the auxiliary positions. Scouting Director Eliazer Montero is perfectly adequate and his 4 year contract at $795k means replacing him this season would be expensive. Marc Silvers, however, offers very little upside other than a relatively cheap contract. It also last four years which might provide him some safety, as might the fact that Stewart is not expecting to be contending this year and so injury prevention is lower on the priorities than it might be later in his tenure.
Following that evaluation, and a quick review of the available Personnel market, the Giants coaching structure at the end of Stewart’s first day as GM looked very different.
