[DC 86]

My take on Zaidi is that he and his staff are extremely risk averse with respect to paying older players, but will embrace risk for younger players.  Maybe not the worst place to be, especially after a 107 win season.  I think Bryant won't age well, that contract will be an albatross soon.  He has the kind of long swing that the Giants don't like...as does Joey Bart, btw.

Fair enough, and reasonable to be wary of older players. Nobody is arguing for a seven year contract for Bryant.

But here are high end free agents that were available this off season:

Corey Seager (27)
Trevor Story (29)
Javier Baez (28)
Carlos Correa (27)
Seiya Suzuki (27)

There are arguments against signing each of these players, but they're all under 30, and other than Seager they all signed for only 3-6 years. The Giants were not involved at all on three and came up well short on the other two. So I don't see evidence of willingness to embrace risk for younger players.

[DC 86]

My take on Zaidi is that he and his staff are extremely risk averse with respect to paying older players, but will embrace risk for younger players.  Maybe not the worst place to be, especially after a 107 win season.  I think Bryant won't age well, that contract will be an albatross soon.  He has the kind of long swing that the Giants don't like...as does Joey Bart, btw.

Fair enough, and reasonable to be wary of older players. Nobody is arguing for a seven year contract for Bryant.

But here are high end free agents that were available this off season:

Corey Seager (27)
Trevor Story (29)
Javier Baez (28)
Carlos Correa (27)
Seiya Suzuki (27)

There are arguments against signing each of these players, but they're all under 30, and other than Seager they all signed for only 3-6 years. The Giants were not involved at all on three and came up well short on the other two. So I don't see evidence of willingness to embrace risk for younger players.