Why doesn’t Farhan Zaidi’s s*** work in the regular season?

Who knows what’s going to happen with the front office after this season. The team seems on the precipice of a September collapse similar to last year’s, which caused the San Francisco Giants to move on from Gabe Kapler. Does Farhan Zaidi deserve the same fate?

It’s been six years. That’s a big enough sample to get a sense of somebody’s management style and priorities and compare that against a record. Farhan Zaidi is a Billy Beane acolyte first and foremost, and Billy Beane’s famous line that resonates throughout time is “My s*** doesn’t work in the playoffs.” Zaidi hasn’t made a similar statement, but it’s clear that his program doesn’t work in the regular season, a distinct difference…