SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–Farhan Zaidi has a type.
He showed it with his first free agent signing –switch-pitcher Pat Venditte– and he’s continued to show it with each subsequent addition to the Giants roster.
“They were one of the first teams to reach out,” Venditte said of the Giants. “They were in the first wave, the first couple days of free agency.”
As dozens of journeymen free agents wait for the phone to ring this February, a reliever with limited big league experience who happens to be the most versatile pitcher in the sport found a home rather easily.