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Super agent claims SF Giants president negotiated Chapman extension from hospital bed

San Francisco Giants team president Farhan Zaidi may well be on the hot seat after another disappointing season. But super agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle it shouldn’t be because Buster Posey closed out the Matt Chapman extension.

From me and @JohnSheaHey, a look at Farhan Zaidi’s status, who really got the Chapman deal done, and the added degree of difficulty with Zaidi dealing with health issues that required hospitalization, with comments from Zaidi, Scott Boras: https://t.co/uynjX7d04b via @sfchronicle

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 17, 2024

Sunday, Andrew Baggarly reported that the Giants ownership group “became so frustrated by the lack of immediate progress” that Buster Posey had to step in to hammer out the final details of Chapman’s six-year extension.