The Athletic released its second annual ranking of the worst contracts in MLB on Monday, and former San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi’s fingerprints are predictably all over it. The Giants are one of only three teams with multiple bad contracts on the list.
Starting pitcher Robbie Ray and outfielder Jung-hoo Lee are among the seven honorable mentions listed by staffer Cody Stavenhagen. Only the Yankees (three) and Angels (two) also have multiple players on the worst contract list.
Zaidi’s biggest free-agent move during his six years in charge in San Francisco was signing Lee to a six-year, $113 million deal last offseason.