“Barry is gonna get in (the Hall of Fame) at some point, I really believe that. … I happened to have Barry for a year. I saw him across the field. He’s the best player I’ve …
The last time the winter meetings were held in person, in 2019, Baker had been out of the game for two seasons; Bochy had just finished his last season in San Francisco and announced his retirement.Baker’s Astros won the World Series — his first title after more than 2,000 regular-season wins — but lost Justin Verlander to the Mets on a reported two-year, $86.5 million deal.
“Euphoria hits at that point,” Bochy said of the call he got from Rangers general manager Chris Young with the news that deGrom had accepted their offer. “I couldn’t have been more thrilled or more excited.” It’s moves like that — and committing half a billion dollars to two shortstops last offseason — that helped convince Bochy to come out of semi-retirement and sign on with the Rangers. Bochy, who had been serving as an adviser with the Giants since stepping down from their managerial post, said he hadn’t sought out other opportunities.“The first year, I was fine. It was all right. Then it started getting a little worse,” Bochy said.
Texas general manager Chris Young, who also happened to pitch for Bochy back in their San Diego days, came to visit the longtime skipper in-person. When Young departed seven hours later, Bochy said, he had been convinced to give it one more go in the dugout. “When he called and wanted to get my appetite on doing this, sure, it piqued my interest,” Bochy said. “He came out and we talked for, what, seven hours. When he left, I knew this is what I wanted to do and what I probably should be doing. There’s a time and place for certain things. This certainly felt that way for me, coming to Texas. For me to do this, it had to be the right fit, and it certainly felt like that.
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