Source: Washington joins Giants as infield coach

Former Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington is finalizing a deal to join the San Francisco Giants' coaching staff, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.

Washington and the Giants are still working through the particulars of his role, but Washington, also a long-time third-base coach, is expected to at least work with the team's infielders.

Washington, 73, was hired to manage the Angels leading up to the 2024 season but spent a good chunk of 2025 away from the team after undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery and was told he would not return at season's end. Now Washington, who stated near the end of the season he was in good health and expressed a desire to continue managing, will join the staff of rookie manager and longtime Tennessee Volunteers coach Tony Vitello.

Washington, who also managed the Texas Rangers to back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011, has long been hailed as one of the best infield instructors in the game, drawing rave reviews from several All-Star-caliber players in his extended time with the Atlanta Braves (2017 to 2023) and then-Oakland Athletics (1996 to 2006, then 2015 to 2016).

In San Francisco, Washington will work primarily with a Gold Glove third baseman in Matt Chapman, a star-caliber shortstop in Willy Adames and Rafael Devers, the slugging third baseman who is still working through his transition to first base.

USA Today was first to report the news of Washington joining the Giants coaching staff.