The last time the San Francisco Giants appeared in the postseason was in 2016, the same year they traded fan-favorite Matt Duffy to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for pitcher Matt Moore. The team struggled mightily in the second half of that season, so was the Duffy trade to blame?
A recent episode of The Giants Insider Podcast hosted by Alex Pavlovic contains an interview with Giants announcer Mike Krukow and author Joan Ryan examining the role team chemistry plays in a major league clubhouse.
The conversation ranges from Aubrey Huff to Jeff Kent to Barry Bonds, and is well worth a listen, but the discussion also covered Duffy which I found very interesting.