How long are SF Giants’ playoff odds? Handicapping NL wild card race post-trade deadline

CINCINNATI — When it was time for Farhan Zaidi to address reporters following Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline, the Giants’ president of baseball operations switched venues from his typical perch atop the dugout bench to a more formal setting behind a microphone in Oracle Park’s makeshift interview room.

“The dugout can feel like a little bit of an interrogation at times, but this is a different thing, too,” Zaidi joked, before striking a mostly defensive stance while explaining the Giants’...