From the perspective of roster composition, the San Francisco Giants had a relatively mild offseason. They added Willy Adames and Justin Verlander. They lost Blake Snell, Michael Conforto and Taylor Rogers. Their roster retains much of last year’s core.

But take a step back and it’s been a sneakily busy offseason in San Francisco.

Buster Posey and Zack Minasian are now running the show. Bob Melvin’s coaching staff looks remarkably different. And, yes, there are a couple new faces who will don the orange and black.

With pitchers and catchers set to report to Scottsdale, Arizona today, let’s summarize all that’s gone down since the last time the Giants played a game:

New regime

Immediately following their final game of the 2024 season, the Giants fired Farhan Zaidi as the team’s president of baseball operations and replaced him with Buster Posey all in one fell swoop. The move set the stage for the ensuing front office shakeup.

Posey’s first major decision was to hire Zack Minasian to serve as his general manager. With Minasian being elevated from vice president of pro scouting, the Giants hired Hadi Raad as the team’s director of pro scouting. Additionally, San Francisco hired Pike Goldschmidt as the team’s director of baseball strategy and Randy Winn as the vice president of player development. Former GM Bobby Evans and Jeff Berry, Posey’s former agent at CAA, were hired as advisors as well.

Coaches in, coaches out

The shakeup to San Francisco’s coaching staff wasn’t as drastic as that of the front office, but there were notable moving parts on this front as well.

Alyssa Nakken, the first woman to be part of an MLB coaching staff among other accolades, joined the Cleveland Guardians following five seasons in San Francisco. Along with Nakken, Bryan Price stepped down as pitching coach following one season while Justin Viele and Pedro Guerrero, the team’s assistant hitting coaches, joined the Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins, respectively.

In response to the departures of Price, Viele and Guerrero, San Francisco elevated J.P. Martinez to pitching coach and hired Damon Minor and Oscar Bernard as assistant hitting coaches. Taira Uematsu was promoted to major league quality control coach as well.

New faces

The Giants’ biggest need heading into the offseason was shortstop, and the team addressed the position by signing Willy Adames to a seven-year, $182 million contract, a deal that usurps Posey’s own $167 million extension as the largest in franchise history.

Adames, 29, is coming off the best offensive season of his career, one where he set career highs in homers (32), steals (21), RBIs (112), runs (93) and hits (153).

San Francisco’s second-biggest need of the offseason was the starting rotation. The team was unable to land Corbin Burnes, who shocked the baseball industry by signing a six-year, $210 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but signed future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander to a one-year, $17 million deal.

Verlander, who will be on 42, begins his time in San Francisco fresh off the worst season of his career, posting a 5.48 ERA over 17 starts.