SAN FRANCISCO -- The decision to non-tender Kevin Pillar, like several others made over the past year, was not a popular one with Giants fans. Pillar was a Willie Mac Award winner who did two things that fans could easily cheer: Hit home runs and make diving catches.
Go on Twitter and you'll find fans who say they won't attend a game next season, and a weird contingent that believes Farhan Zaidi is a secret agent still working for the Dodgers. But all that anger ignores one key fact. The man who decided to move on from Pillar is the same one who acquired him a week into the season for two players who are no longer with the Blue Jays and one who had a 8.