SAN FRANCISCO -- With his first two sets of decisions, Farhan Zaidi has opened quite a few seats at the table.
The Giants' new president of baseball operations added just three players ahead of the deadline to protect prospects from the Rule 5 Draft, and two more were non-tendered Friday. That means Zaidi and the rest of the front office have a 40-man roster with just 34 players on it.
The Giants traditionally have just one or two open spots this time of year, but Zaidi is looking to overhaul the roster, and plenty of familiar names became available Friday.