SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants entered the offseason with decent starting pitching depth, and yet, both significant moves they have made have been for … starting pitchers.
They’ll report to Scottsdale Stadium next month with six solid options for the rotation, and guys like Chris Stratton and Ty Blach — both of whom have had some big league success — in the wings. And that’s exactly how Farhan Zaidi wants it.
Zaidi has been open about his desire to take it easy on Dereck Rodriguez, Andrew Suarez, Stratton and the rest of his younger pitchers early in the season, but he also wants to ease in a veteran.