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Sources told NBC Sports Bay Area that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi spoke to the team on a short Zoom call in the afternoon that included players, manager Gabe Kapler, coaches and members of the staff.
Zaidi did the majority of the talking before opening it up to questions, and people on the call said he took responsibility for what happened this week and told players he believes in the group, but that many questions still were left unanswered.
The Giants have not given further details publicly because Correa’s new deal still is pending a physical with the Mets. That was true on their internal call, too, leaving some players to continue to wonder about the specifics of how the Correa deal unraveled in the hours before he was set to be introduced.
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Posted: December 23, 2022 at 09:57 AM | 12 comment(s)
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1. The Duke Posted: December 23, 2022 at 05:27 PM (#6110736)If the Giants had ignored the physical, and Correa then permanently blew out his back on June 22nd, THEN some heads would be expected to hit the pavement.
To me the interesting thing is whatever issue the Giants didn't want to deal with but the Mets had no problem with.
Well the Mets had a $35 M problem with something and what #5 says.
Taking responsibility means resigning.
No taking responsibility means that, if ownership decides this is a firable offense, you don't try to throw an assistant GM under the bus. Resigning is "everybody knows I'm about to be fired for this."
Saying you are taking responsibility is just words people say.
Sure, this is also often true.
I doubt the process calls for setting up a media day with tons of players and local media and the calling it off when the physical, which should already be completed, turns up a problem. Something went very wrong.
And sure, this is also true. Hardly seems a firable offense for baseball GM. It's embarrassing, may cause some grief among employees, stuff needs smoothing over (say by calling a team meeting and acknowledging your responsibility ... not that it could be anybody else's except maybe the owner's). But the Giants are no worse a baseball team because they embarrassed themselves, either way they wouldn't have Correa.
This is the ecosystem of the game. Every team announces a signing before the physical is done. It seems dumb to me, it doesn't help the player (they risk their failed physical becoming public knowledge for no benefit), all it does is start the PR cycle a day or two early.
this is the ecosystem of the game, to coin a phrase.
The plot thickens. Latest reports say the Mets also have a problem with Correa’s physical.
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