The San Francisco Giants announced last night that they have filled their vacant General Manager position by hiring Pete Putila, who was a candidate for the position when Scott Harris was hired in 2019. The 33-year-old Putila (pronounced: puh-TELL-uh) has worked for the Houston Astros his entire career, starting with the club as an intern out of the University of West Virginia in 2011. Putila worked his way up through the organization, reportedly becoming a key conduit between the organization’s cutting edge analytics department and the players. Putila’s work in communicating advanced information to players to help them buy into suggested changes made him a rising star in the organization, ultimately leading him to the head of Player Development and (before coming to the Giants), Assistant General Manager.
Could be! We’ll see how he does in Double A next yr and maybe he moves quickly. But you can’t go thru the offseason making that your plan unless you’re planning to challenge rhe Rox
Kapler: "...I feel strongly that we need some work on athleticism, speed, the power side..." sure feels he was talking about Vaun Brown clones.
Could be! We’ll see how he does in Double A next yr and maybe he moves quickly. But you can’t go thru the offseason making that your plan unless you’re planning to challenge rhe Rox
Sounds like a second deck home run hire!