The San Francisco Giants hired franchise legend Buster Posey as their president of baseball operations, the team announced Monday.

Yes, Farhan Zaidi had to go. And, of course, Buster Posey is a San Francisco Giants legend. But what the Giants did on Monday reeks of desperation. Yes, hiring Posey to replace Zaidi as the team’s top baseball decision maker is a great bit of public relations — everyone loves Buster — but we don’t do PR here.

A change was probably necessary, but going from Zaidi to Posey is a shock. We won't know if the change worked for a while.