The San Francisco Giants have a managerial vacancy. That is a white-hot topic after the team fired Gabe Kapler late last week. The Giants' managerial search will dominate local headlines in the month of October, as it should. And one name that comes up time and time again is Ron Wotus.

Wotus is beloved, respected, loyal, and a Giant through and through. But there is a large philosophical gap between him and Farhan Zaidi. A gap that may be too wide to bridge. In 2019, Bruce Bochy and Zaidi were each surprised by how well they were able to work with each other. But Zaidi also interviewed Wotus for the SF Giants' managerial opening in 2019 after Bochy "retired" and Wotus didn't even make it to the round of finalists.

Many fans likely believe that the next Giants manager should be far away philosophically from Zaidi, but it's just hard to imagine that it turns out that way with Zaidi leading the hiring process. During his session with reporters the other day, Zaidi made it clear that some on the SF Giants' board of directors, including Greg Johnson, Larry Baer, and Buster Posey, will only meet with candidates once the list has been narrowed down. So Zaidi will lead the way, and it's hard to imagine Wotus is his choice when there are others who aren't as extreme as Kapler available. Stephen Vogt and Pat Burrell have been discussed on the show as options.

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