Welcome to Episode 78 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Giants beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation and host of the Rizzocast Podcast Steven Rissotto joins Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky this week. The Giants got too enamored with analytics these past two years, and did so at the cost of Gabe Kaplers job. Later, it has been five years since Farhan Zaidi arrived, and it is fair to wonder just how much better the Giants really are now compared to when he arrived in 2018. Finally, this is such a huge offseason for the Giants, and yet it feels wrong to let Farhan Zaidi be the decision maker for it.

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