San Francisco Giants improved present, future at trade deadline

The trade deadline has come and gone and Farhan Zaidi and the rest of the San Francisco Giants front office found ways to improve the team for both the present and future.

After a month of swirling rumors, the San Francisco Giants made a flurry of moves on deadline day that will impact this year’s team, while at the same time also further enriching what was already a farm system on the rise.

With just a 2.5-game deficit to overcome in the wild-card standings, it wasn’t a surprise to see Zaidi take that approach.

In total, the Giants made five moves at the deadline. When the dust settled, Madison Bumgarner and Will Smith were still members of the team and the relief corps still looked strong…