Here’s Pavlovic’s scoop:
“According to league sources, the Giants have narrowed their search to former Phillies manager Gabe Kapler, Royals quality control coach Pedro Grifol and Astros bench coach Joe Espada, who is coming in for a second in-person interview now that Houston's bid for a title is over.”
While Kapler, Grifol and Espada all remain in the running, a whole slew of purported candidates have been looped off the list of Farhan Zaidi, the club's president of basebabll operations. Those names include in-house contenders Ron Wotus and Hensley Meulens, plus, A's bench coach Mark Kotsay, Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro and Cubs first base coach Will Venable.