The San Francisco Giants have had a very quiet offseason so far. Like, so quiet. Besides a few minor moves, the Giants have had minimal movement on the free agent front.

With Yusei Kikuchi off the board and headed to the Seattle Mariners, the San Francisco Giants aren’t “in” on any of the remaining bigger name free agents, but it doesn’t seem like they’re “in” on anyone these days. This has left Giants fans to wonder, “What’s going on?” and “Does this Farhad Zuitsuit guy know what he’s doing?”

Evidently, Farhan Zaidi, the new president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants, does know what he’s doing. The Giants were so sure of that, they have given Farhan free reign to do what he does. All jokes about Tom Hanks movies aside; that thing he does is fix teams.

In order to understand what Zaidi has undertaken in his new role in San Francisco, it’s important to understand the situation he inherited when he took over as General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers before the start of the 2015 season. But it’s also important to note what Zaidi left behind in Los Angeles because it provides some context and perspective for what to expect in San Francisco.

I’m going to examine Farhan Zaidi’s major transactions by season, to show how Zaidi went about fixing the Dodgers on the fly while keeping them at the top of the NL West. So let’s jump into the beginning!