In his first season as general manager of the Giants in 1996, Brian Sabean made the controversial decision to trade four-time All-Star and homegrown fan-favorite, Matt Williams.
Now, 22 years later, new Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi has to decide whether or not to trade his own four-time All-Star and homegrown fan-favorite, Madison Bumgarner.
Sabean got crushed back then for trading Williams and there’s a pretty good chance Giants fans will be upset with Zaidi when/if he trades Bumgarner.
Sabean was asked this week by The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly for any advice he might offer to Zaidi and if Bumgarner will take the ball on Opening Day in Los Angeles on April 1, 2019.