I know it’s unpopular to say the San Francisco Giants have been in a rebuild since Farhan Zaidi took over, and it’s 100% because of 2021, but for the purposes of this post, they are still in a rebuild. So, too, are this weekend’s opponent, the Chicago Cubs, and like the Giants, the Cubs are just about to exit The Rebuild Zone.
The results, though, could not be more different. The Cubs managed to grab Dansby Swanson off the free agent market during all the Correa noise and they certainly had all the national media sweetheart press, too, given its central and east-bias, but since a season-best record of 11-6, they’re 15-30.