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Giants day off report: Giants open four game series in Pittsburgh Thursday night
Published on May 12, 2021 May 12, 2021 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi is seen here in as the Los Angeles Dodgers general manager in this Nov 9, 2016 photo said that he will be looking for left handed hitting for the Giants when the trade deadline comes around in July (AP News file photo)
By Jessica Kwong
The San Francisco Giants enjoyed a day off on Wednesday after a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday to sweep the two-game series and safeguard their spot at the top of the NL West. They now lead the San Diego Padres by two games and the Los Angeles Dodgers by three games.
Holding a 22-14 record, the Giants are tied at the most wins with the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox. San Francisco and St. Louis, with a .611 win percentage, are the best in the league.
The Giants are on the road to face the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds before returning to Oracle Park to host the defending champion Dodgers. First pitch for Thursday's game at PNC Park is at 3:35 p.m.
On Tuesday, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi spoke about the MLB trade deadline more than two months away, in light of how well the team is doing now. Zaidi said that last year the organization talked quite a bit about adding a left-handed bat which could have been the difference. The Giants ended up finishing last season a pitch away from making the playoffs.
"A lot of the best pieces in July are if you add a complementary piece that really addresses an area of need and can really clean up the roster. We'll be looking at all those things," Zaidi said on KNBR's "Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks" show.
"It's really early and I don't see ourselves positioning as a buyer or a seller, but we're in this to be competitive," he continued. "You like to reward a clubhouse and a group that's playing well like the way our guys are right now."
The Giants spent much of Tuesday also celebrating a home run by right fielder Drew Robinson in their Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats. Robinson's solo homer in the top of the second inning was cheered across the minor and major leagues because it was his first since he lost an eye in an attempted suicide in April 2020.
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Categories MLB, San Francisco Giants•Tags Cincinnati Reds, Farhan Zaidi, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Sports Radio Service
Harris comes home to be the GM of the SF Giants
Published on November 10, 2019 November 10, 2019 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
file photo the Athletic: San Francisco Giants general manager Scott Harris, who was hired this weekend, will be introduced by Giants team president Farhan Zaidi this week.
By Jeremy Kahn
SAN FRANCISCO — There are many things on the plate of San Francisco Giants President of Baseball Farhan Zaidi during the 2019 off-season, and one of the plates is now filled.
Zaidi announced the hiring of Scott Harris as the Giants 10th General Manager in team history, replacing Bobby Evans, who was let go during the 2018 season.
"We're thrilled to be able to bring in an executive of Scott's caliber to help lead our Baseball Operations group," Zaidi said in a statement. "The combination of his breadth of experience, contributions toward building a championship-winning perennial contender in Chicago and his Bay Area roots made him an ideal fit for our General Manager position and I'm looking forward to executing our vision together."
Harris, who grew up in Redwood City, went to Columbia Business School and worked for Major League Baseball as the League Coordinator of major league operations before going to work for the Chicago Cubs in 2012.
During his seven years in Chicago, he was part of the front office that saw the Cubs break their 108-year curse of not winning the World Series in 2016.
Harris was promoted to the position of assistant General Manager by the Cubs in January of 2019, but now he is coming home to the Bay Area and will get the wheels rolling for the Giants, who are still looking for a field manager after the retirement of Bruce Bochy at the end of the 2019 season.
Categories MLB, San Francisco Giants•Tags Bobby Evans, Farhan Zaidi, mlb, San Francisco Giants, Scott Harris, Sports radio
San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips and Michael Duca: Giants slowly but surely have improved the team, thanks to Zaidi
Published on July 23, 2019 July 23, 2019 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
sports.yahoo.com file photo: San Francisco Giants general manager Farhan Zaidi is the one that holds the decision as to whether or not pitchers Madison Bumgarner or Will Smith stay or go.
On the Giants podcast with Morris and Michael:
The last time Morris and Michael recorded a podcast, the San Francisco Giants were 11 games below .500 and they went as far as 12 games as far as 35-37 and they have won 16 of their last 19 and have rescued their season. We weren't talking about the same club the last time we spoke.
The Giants are a team that has managed to during the course of the year and they're getting younger with almost every transaction they make and yet getting more competitive also. The whole thing about Giants general manager Farhan Zaidi — he couldn't make a splash move, but what we've seen is he's making these incremental moves and made the team slightly better each time.
Listen for more as Morris and Michael bring you the Giants podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories MLB, San Francisco Giants•Tags Baseball, Farhan Zaidi, mlb, Sports radio
San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: How does Holland get in front of the media? It should've been kept in house
dallasnews.com photo: Starting pitcher Derek Holland #45 of the San Francisco Giants throws in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 8, 2019 in Denver, Colorado.
On the Giants podcast with Morris:
#1 Giants pitcher Derek Holland said he faked an injury, which the Giants countered by saying Holland had a left bruised index finger. The Giants say medical records back up the injury while Holland was listed as injured and demoted from a starter to the bullpen.
#2 Holland was listed with the injured bruised finger and sat last month, Holland has insisted he was not injured and the Giants general manager Farhan Zaidi said, "The guy gets hit by a truck, he can't walk out on the field. That I guess an unequivocal injury, but there's a lot of gray area beyond that."
#3 Holland, no doubt, was disappointed that he was forced to sit for the April 29th injury, and said there was nothing wrong with him and he really wanted to pitch.
#4 Holland says the front office doesn't know what their doing with the exception for Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Holland said, "I did fake an injury. I'm not happy about that. But at the end of the day I'm going to do whatever they ask me to do."
#5 Morris has the Giants day off report tonight. On Tuesday, the Giants host the Toronto Blue Jays for two games. The Jays will start Trent Thornton (0-4, 5.06 ERA) and the Giants will start Tyler Beede (0-1,18.69 ERA). Both pitchers are looking for their first win of the season.
Morris does the Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories MLB, San Francisco Giants•Tags Baseball, Bruce Bochy, Derek Holland, Farhan Zaidi, mlb, San Francisco Giants, Sports radio, Toronto Blue Jays, Trent Thornton, Tyler Beede
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