It’s impossible to know how the 2020 season will play out, but barring a dramatic turn of events, the San Francisco Giants will not arrive in Scottsdale this February with visions of hoisting a World Series trophy.
With the current roster structure, the Giants aren’t expected to challenge the Dodgers for NL West supremacy and while there’s still plenty of turnover on the way, it would be a surprise to see the team in the Wild Card hunt this summer.
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Under second-year president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, the Giants won’t brand 2020 as a “rebuilding year,” but they are willing to admit the organization is in a transitional phase.