The Giants do not currently have a general manager. Brian Sabean was quoted in the team’s press release announcing the reassignment as saying, “I’ll be working closely with Larry [Baer, Giants President and CEO] as the organization finds its next leader of baseball operations.” NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic followed up the press release with this tweet:
Larry Baer said Giants are looking externally for a new head of baseball operations. So Brian Sabean is no longer in charge. New hire will report directly to ownership.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) September 25, 2018
If you read the comments beneath this tweet — actually, for your mental health, I strongly urge you to not read the comments — you’ll see this statement created a degree of confusion.