Farhan Zaidi 1-on-1: Giants exec breaks down trade deadline moves, wild-card run

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pavlovic is joined by Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi to break down why the team held onto Blake Snell at the trade deadline, the thought process behind sending Jorge Soler to Atlanta and the team’s plans for the remainder for the 2024 season. (1:10) Giants trade Soler, keep Snell at trade deadline (4:50) Farhan on the Giants' trade philosophy (8:10) Farhan details why Giants held onto Snell (17:20) Farhan on the plans for Luciano and Fitzgerald (25:10) Farhan discusses the Giants' starting rotation

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.0	Here's Alex Babovich and Cole Kuiper.
0:13.0	I know those guys.
0:18.0	Hey everybody, welcome to a special Trade Deadline Day edition of Giants Talk. Just Alex to start here,
0:23.5	because coming up, I have an interview with Farhan Zite, I sat down with him about an hour after the deadline.
0:29.0	Ultimately, the Giants make three moves. The surprising one first, trading Jorge Saler and Luke
0:34.4	Jackson to the Atlanta Braves. That was essentially a salary dump. It gets
0:38.0	overall about 30 million off their books, about four million this year, but some real savings
0:43.3	the next two years with Jorge Saler in particular. And then Alex Cobb was traded to the Guardians.
0:50.2	That one was to clear a spot for Hayden Birdsong. We'll return soon and be part of this five-man
0:55.1	rotation. And then at the buzzer, they get Mark Kanna from old friend Scott Harris and the Detroit
1:00.2	Tigers. More of a versatile piece for him. Someone who's going to play corner outfield can play
1:05.2	some first base, has a lot of experience pinch hitting. Bay Area guy loves it here. So they were
1:10.6	happy about that. Bob Melvin knows him here, so they were happy about that.
1:11.4	Bob Melvin knows him well.
1:12.5	He was very happy about that one.
1:14.6	The main theme here, just opening up spots for young guys.
1:17.9	Marco Luciano is going to be the everyday DH for now and get a real opportunity here.
1:22.5	Birdsong will be back soon, be part of that rotation.
1:25.4	As I mentioned, I think if you guys listened to us last Thursday
1:28.8	and on Monday, Cole and I both kind of wanted them to pick a direction. They said, we're going
1:36.0	to thread the needle again, or we're going to try to thread the needle again. And you will hear
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