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Andy Baggerly has an article on Crawfords departure.  Not favorable towards Zaidi.  Crawford told  Zaidi in Nov he wanted to come back, that he wanted to mentor the younger players, would play other positions, knew he’d be in backup role.

At the end of the day, after he got the Cardinals offer, he came back to see if there was an opportunity.  Zaidi offered a minor league contract and told him he could try and make the team. 

I understand why Crawford coming back could be a problem.  But just say sorry, we are committed to a different direction.  The minor league contact offer is a slap in the face.  Tone deaf as it comes.

He also spoke about the last couple years.  Mentioned they weren’t fun.  Injuries a big part. But he highlighted the lack of communication. “Not playing for three days without a word being said.” He enjoyed the players.  Bit not the environment. 

This on the heels of an SF Gate article by Alex Simon on the vets being happy Melvin is here.  One of the nuggets:  according to Webeck (SJ Merc beat writer, Kapler told him he prefers communicating by text, even when he’s in the same room….

Zaidi, fairly or not, has built a reputation of treating players like it’s an APBA game.  And it’s alienating a portion of the fan base.  

They have some work to do.

[lex24]

Andy Baggerly has an article on Crawfords departure.  Not favorable towards Zaidi.  Crawford told  Zaidi in Nov he wanted to come back, that he wanted to mentor the younger players, would play other positions, knew he’d be in backup role.

At the end of the day, after he got the Cardinals offer, he came back to see if there was an opportunity.  Zaidi offered a minor league contract and told him he could try and make the team. 

I understand why Crawford coming back could be a problem.  But just say sorry, we are committed to a different direction.  The minor league contact offer is a slap in the face.  Tone deaf as it comes.

He also spoke about the last couple years.  Mentioned they weren’t fun.  Injuries a big part. But he highlighted the lack of communication. “Not playing for three days without a word being said.” He enjoyed the players.  Bit not the environment. 

This on the heels of an SF Gate article by Alex Simon on the vets being happy Melvin is here.  One of the nuggets:  according to Webeck (SJ Merc beat writer, Kapler told him he prefers communicating by text, even when he’s in the same room….

Zaidi, fairly or not, has built a reputation of treating players like it’s an APBA game.  And it’s alienating a portion of the fan base.  

They have some work to do.