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“It was brief, however it was good. It was an excellent dialog.”
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Jason Varitek was a candidate when the Giants have been hiring for a supervisor final month.
San Francisco ended up hiring Bob Melvin for the job, however Varitek mentioned his contact with the Giants was an excellent expertise.
“It was brief, however it was good. It was an excellent dialog,” Varitek mentioned Friday on the pink carpet on the Pedro Martinez Basis gala.
Varitek signed a three-year contract with the Pink Sox final yr. His position with the Pink Sox is recreation planning coordinator and catching coach.
The Pink Sox gave Varitek permission to interview with the Giants, in line with Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. Many, together with Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora, view Varitek as a future supervisor of an MLB group.
“He’ll handle within the huge leagues,” Cora instructed reporters two years in the past. “He’ll. However it’s a course of, and we discuss it. I feel, with time, anyone’s going to present him an opportunity and he’s going to kill it. He’s going to be nice.”
Varitek mentioned being contacted for a gap was “nice” and that he can see managing in his future.
“I perceive that the way forward for the place this goes is to have the ability to have proper suits and proper alternatives to guide and handle a group,” Varitek mentioned. “Presently, it’s not essentially about that, it’s about doing one of the best job that I can with our pitchers and catchers and assist them be one of the best that they are often. If the chance suits proper, then it’s important to look and actually assume exhausting about it.”
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