When the San Francisco Giants made an enormous splash by heisting Farhan Zaidi from the Los Angeles Dodgers, it suggested a shift in organizational philosophy. More specifically and less poetically, it hinted that the team would start to move from an antiquated, not incredibly smart way of doing things, to a more modern, logical way of doing those things.
The logical way of doing things says to (at least partially) abandon sentimentality. And it looks as though the team is prepared to do so. According to a report on MLB.com, the team is open to trading franchise icon Madison Bumgarner, who is the team’s best pitcher and maybe their best hitter too.