Farhan Zaidi, Jon Morosi 1-on-1 at MLB Winter Meetings

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, Baseball, San Francisco Giants

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Laura Britt is joined by Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi to break down the team's philosophy going into the MLB Winter Meetings, potential trades and the players he sees the team building around. Then, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi stops by to discuss what he sees as the Giants' biggest needs this offseason and the instant impact that new manager Bob Melvin will have on the team's free-agent pursuits. (1:35) Farhan on the Giants’ free agency philosophy (5:36) Farhan on the possibility of Giants making trades (9:40) Morosi on the Giants' Melvin hire and its overall impact (13:36) Morosi on potential Giants moves this offseason

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.0	Here's Alex Babelich and Cole Kuiper.
0:13.0	I know those guys.
0:16.0	Giants Talk is on the road.
0:20.0	Laura Britt here and I'm in Nashville, Tennessee, where the 23 MLB winner meetings are taking place at the Opryland Hotel.
0:26.3	And just to give you an idea of what it looks like here, you could be standing in line for coffee next to an MLB executive.
0:32.6	You'll see agents walking around as well as television and radio personalities.
0:37.1	All of Major League Baseball has descended upon Nashville,
0:39.9	and that includes front office executives like Farhan Zaidie,
0:43.2	who I got the chance to catch up with.
0:44.8	I also spoke with MLB networks John Marosi.
0:47.6	He breaks a lot of Major League Baseball news,
0:49.6	as many of you know, if you follow them online.
0:52.1	So I spoke with both of them,
0:53.8	but I do want to
0:54.3	remind you that Giants Talk is brought to you by Mancini's Sleep World. Visit Mancini's
0:58.4	Sleep World during the year-end clearance event. Over 7.4 million dollars in
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1:07.6	world.com. So here are my conversations with Farhan Zaidi and John Marosi.
1:16.2	Farhan, you've said some of your offseason goals are to upgrade the athleticism of this team,
1:22.1	to add a star, but also be able to have pieces around that person as well. How is all of that progressing so far?
1:30.2	Well, it's not surprising. You know, the start of the offseason is always a little bit slow.
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