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Farhan Zaidi got his guy. No, not Bryce Harper. Derek Holland, of course.
Holland is back with the Giants on a one-year deal, and the offbeat left-hander with a big heart didn’t want it any other way.
Holland, 32, earned the wordplay nickname “Dutch Oven” (Holland…Dutch…get it?) early in a career that began with the Texas Rangers.
Like any good athlete who is quirky by nature, Holland has a few distinguishing traits that give him away — a passion for professional wrestling, funky postgame T-shirts and impersonations (he’s known to do mean renditions of Kermit The Frog and Harry Carey), for starters.