It’s not too early to speculate about the GM search because the Giants need to hire someone before the end of October. Larry Baer has said multiple times already that he and the rest of ownership are open to a woman becoming the Giants’ next head of baseball operations. It’s to Major League Baseball’s detriment that there are so few candidates in the current pool, but it’s to the Giants’ benefit that the two most prominent women in baseball’s executive ranks are so highly qualified for the open position.
Kim Ng has been the most frequent name thrown about over the past decade (indeed, she interviewed for the Dodgers GM job allllll the way back in 2005), but another highly qualified candidate who would seemingly fit the Giants’ future needs is the Yankees’ Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager, Jean Afterman.