Lost in the self-inflicted weirdness of yesterday’s press conference was the entire notion of why Gabe Kapler became the top candidate in San Francisco. Oh sure, Farhan Zaidi and Scott Harris talked a lot about his communication skills and his growth mindset and his communication, his willingness to communicate, his ability to communicate, and the strength of the systems and practices he put in place as the Dodgers’ farm director, but they never pivoted fully to why he’s the best man to lead the Giants into their next chapter.
It took his podcast with Alex Pavlovic — embedded here:
— to get even a sense of what he intends to do with the Giants.