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Giants hire Pete Putila as GM

The San Francisco Giants have officially made their first move of the offseason. On Monday night, the team took to social media to announce that they had hired Pete Putila as General Manager.

Putila, whose name is pronounced puh-TELL-uh, had been serving as the Assistant General Manager for the Houston Astros.

The #SFGiants have hired Houston Astros Assistant GM Pete Putila as the club’s new General Manager, President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi announced tonight. pic.twitter.com/syMnFEGxmQ

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) October 11, 2022

Putila replaces Scott Harris, who left the organization less than a month ago to join the Detroit Tigers as their President of Baseball Operations.