Every fan of a rebuilding team hopes that it doesn’t take very long and after getting a front row view of two rebuilds in my lifetime (2005-2008, 2018-2026? 2028?) I’ve drawn the conclusion that the timeline is as brief as the organizational continuity is long.
The San Francisco Giants have spent the last 7 years in a state of turmoil, flux, renewal, etc. as their post-2010s, post-Statcast and Driveline introductions era of the franchise struggles to be born. Before, it was simply a matter of figuring out the franchise identity in a post-Bonds world; but now, heftier competition, the cyborgification of athletes (data technology + human conditioning), and a radically different view of roster construction has made the Giants’ work much more difficult, and we’ve seen time and again how it’s been one step forward, two steps back with the franchise as it has tried to figure things out.