Bob Melvin Gets 3-year Contract to Manage Padres

Then San Diego Padres baseball team manager Bob Melvin speaks during an introductory press conference in San Diego on Nov. 1, 2021. AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan

SAN DIEGO—Bob Melvin put on a Padres home pinstriped jersey and stated the obvious about becoming San Diego’s new manager.

“What an opportunity. I’m probably as surprised to be here as you all are,” Melvin said Monday after being introduced at a news conference at Petco Park.