The offseason kicked off with San Francisco Giants legend Will Clark going on a tirade about Farhan Zaidi’s failures as the President of Baseball Operations, including an accusation that he made the lineups and not manager Bob Melvin. This seemed to be a talking point that stuck, so I’ll draft off that to kickoff this piece.
In yesterday’s loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Bob Melvin started all four of his bench players: backup catcher Sam Huff, infielders Casey Schmitt and Christian Koss, and outfielder Luis Matos. They went a combined 1-for-14 with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts (part of starter Cristopher Sanchez’s career-high 12 strikeouts).