From all that we know, San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi is an exceedingly nice human. He smiles, says nice things, and seems to be genuinely liked.
Despite being one of the more respected baseball minds on the planet, he seems quick to deflect praise, and despite being one of the faces of modern baseball thinking, he’s vocal in his laudation and understanding of more traditional baseball mindsets.
And yet, despite that, he’s ruthless. All great competitors are.
We’ve seen it on display already in his short tenure. Chris Stratton, who many regimes would have given 15 token starts to simply because he was an organizational first-rounder, was traded right before the season.