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SF Giants' Farhan Zaidi 'never really believed' Aaron Judge would sign with team

Giants fans were understandably heartbroken when the team missed out on Aaron Judge this past offseason after heavily campaigning for his services, but team president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi was not necessarily one of them.

Speaking with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on “The Show” podcast, Zaidi shared that he wasn’t banking on seeing Judge in orange and black as others maybe were.

“I don’t know if it’s a coping mechanism, but I never really believed he was going to sign here,” Zaidi said with a laugh. “... Like with a lot of things, you want to control your emotions.