SAN FRANCISCO — After mostly standing pat Tuesday afternoon at baseball’s trade deadline, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi justified his decision not to dismantle a team free-falling out of playoff position by reasoning, “a hot two weeks can turn it around.”
After all, Zaidi said, “a bad two weeks put us in this position.”
However, the Giants’ stretch of poor play dates back far longer than a couple weeks and showed no signs of slowing Tuesday night in a 9-5 loss to the Dodgers, their second defeat in two games this series and sixth straight loss to their division-leading rivals. Since June 18, the Giants have gone 14-26 after Tuesday’s loss fell two games under .500.
