When Farhan Zaidi took over the front office last year, many of us cheered it as a sign that the Giants finally got it: things needed to change. Coming off two dismal seasons following an embarrassing postseason collapse, Zaidi was going to be the agent of sabermetric chaos who would propel the franchise into the Dodgers-tinted future.
Well, change is finally here. To paraphrase Gothmog, the age of Sabean and Bochy is over. The time of Zaidi and Kapler has begun.
But the question now stands: Is this the kind of change we want?