Is the Giants’ lengthy hiring process cause for concern?

San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer is leading the search for the franchise’s next top baseball operations executive. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)SAN FRANCISCO–Five weeks have passed since the Giants dismissed general manager Bobby Evans and the franchise has given no hints that it’s close to hiring his replacement.

In fact, even small details about the mechanics of the search are being kept under wraps.

The Giants’ search for their next head of baseball operations began in earnest in late September, but CEO Larry Baer insisted the organization’s leaders would not feel pressure to have a quick trigger in the hiring process.

At this point, it appears wise that Baer refused to make any…