[Wrote most of this in mid-October, just never got around to finishing until today's announcement of Zack Minasian as the new GM, so I've added some comments about that]
Just read an article on Fangraphs, written a while ago, regarding how long draft prospects take to reach the majors. It was going to be a key rebuttal regarding the six years people have been complaining that Zaaidi’s had enough time to rebuild the team. Then reality took a left turn.
I was taking off for a vacation in SoCal, to visit my daughter, and was away from my phone since I was driving my wife and I down. So after we checked in, I checked my phone and my brother who also follows the Giants text me "Posey!" And I'm wondering what happened. Then I see The Athletic notifications of articles about Zaidi being replaced by Posey.
So, now, after he’s been fired and replaced by Posey, instead this post will simply be a learning experience for those who don’t understand the player development process very well (which, based on the vast majority of people commenting on The Athletic, is a vast majority of Giants fans; which aligns well with what I experienced when defending Sabean back in 2007-2010).