The Giants have been very good about sticking to whatever game plan they’ve had. That was true in the Brian Sabean era — when they didn’t even make an offer to Vladimir Guerrero (because they already had Barry Bonds and didn’t have any cheap talent to supplement the roster) and punted a draft pick (because the draft wasn’t important) to land Michael Tucker — and it seems like it’s shaping up to be true in the Farhan Zaidi era.
As Henry Schulman noted yesterday, the Giants don’t seem interested in reacting to the Padres signing of Manny Machado, and that on the whole, Zaidi isn’t compelled to make reactionary moves that could affect the organization for years and years.